Chabib, Levi Ben

Chabib, Levi ben a Jewish writer, son of Jacob, with whom he had to leave Spain in 1492. was rabbi at Jerusalem, where he died in the middle of the 16th century. He is the author of Decisions (Venice, 1565), and also wrote a commentary on Maimonides treatise on the Jewish calendar, פ8 הדוש החדש, printed with Maimonides Mishna Tora (Venice, 1574-76, a.o.). See Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 152; De Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 70. (B. P.)