Perez, Judah ben Joseph
PEREZ, JUDAH BEN JOSEPH
PEREZ, JUDAH BEN JOSEPH (first half of 18th century), rabbi in Venice and Amsterdam. Perez was the author of (1) Seder Keri'ei Mo'ed (Venice, 1706), a kabbalistic ritual text for the festivals; (2) Peraḥ Levanon (Berlin, 1712), commentaries and homilies on the Torah (together with homilies by Isaac Cavallero taken from Naḥal Eitan); (3) Sha'arei Raḥamim (Venice, 1710), kabbalistic liturgies compiled from various works; (4) Aseret ha-Devarim (Amsterdam, 1737), containing a commentary on Exodus 19–20, poetical paraphrases in Aramaic and Arabic, and hymns in honor of *Simeon b. Yoḥai; and (5) Fundamento Solido (Amsterdam, 1729), a compendium of the Jewish religion in Spanish. Perez also edited Divrei Yosef (Venice, 1715), responsa of Joseph b. Mordecai ha-Kohen of Jerusalem.
In the Nehemiah *Ḥayon controversy he was also suspected of being a Shabbatean, since he was Ḥayon's scribe for some time and possibly also his disciple. He accompanied Ḥayon on his journey to Berlin. One of Abraham Michael *Cardoso's pamphlets Megalleh Amukkot minni Ḥoshekh, was erroneously attributed to Perez.
bibliography:
Fuerst, Bibliotheca, 3 (1863), 77–78; Steinschneider, Cat Bod, 1366; Kayserling, Bibl, 88; I. Sonne, in: Kobez al Jad, 2 (1937), 193.