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Moses ben Samuel Abas (Abenabez), birth 1350 Tudela, Spain, died 1420 ABBAS (Abenabez, Abenavez), MOSES BEN SAMUEL (c. 1350-c. 1420), talmudist, poet, and communal leader in Saragossa, Spain. Moses was born in Tudela and studied under *Solomon b. H asdai, settling in Saragossa after 1370. He was a close friend of the poet Solomon b. Meshullam *da Piera, wit h whom he corresponded in Hebrew and Spanish, and some of his poems have been included in collections of the latter's works. Moses was repeatedly elected to the office of muqad-dam, or administrative officer, of the Saragossa community between 138 0 and 1420, representing it at court for the first time in 1389. After the massacres of 1391 Moses did much to relieve the survivors. He represented Saragossa at the disputation of *Tortosa (1413-14). |