Reuben ben Hoshke

Reuben Hoshke HaKohen (Sofer) (died April 3, 1673) (Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of Prague. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi (Dizionario, s.v. "Oski, Ruben") and Zunz (Z. G. p. 402) for his family name.

Works

He wrote:

• Yalḳuṭ, Re'ubeni, a cabalistic work (an imitation of the Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash) containing a collection of sayings taken from other cabalistic works and arranged in alphabetical order (Prague, 1660)
• Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni ha-Gadol, (ילקוט ראובני הגדול) a cabalistic midrash on the Pentateuch arranged according to the order of the parashiyyot (Wilmersdorf, 1681)
• Dabar Shebi-Ḳedushah, a manual of asceticism and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684)
• Oneg Shabbat, cabalistic reflections on the Sabbath laws, followed by an appendix entitled Derek Ḳabbalat Shabbat (ib. 1684).

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Lieben, Gal 'Ed, German part, p. 41; Hebrew part, p. 36;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2138;
• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 412.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kohler, Kaufmann; Seligsohn, M. (1901–1906). "Hoshk, Reuben". In Singer, Isidore; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.