Kalman Chalfan, in Jerusalem and Safed

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Kalman Chalfan, in Jerusalem and Safed

Hebrew: חלפן, in Jerusalem and Safed
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Son of Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Menachem Chalfan, of Venice and Fioretta Chalfan
Brother of Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi, ABD Posen, "Maasei Hashem" and Rabbi Dr. Abba Mari Salvator Chalfan

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About Kalman Chalfan, in Jerusalem and Safed

Mentioned in a 1570 list by King Sigismund II Augustus concerning Jews from Turkey/Venice referred by Joiseph ha-Nasi.

See articles by Moses Schorr, Zur Geschichte des Don Joseph Nasi

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44756920
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44756930

Could also be a son, not brother, of Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi, ABD Posen, "Maasei Hashem" who studied in Safed.