Aaron Abiob () (1535–1605) was a TurkishD. Rottenberg Finding our fathers: a guidebook to Jewish genealogy Retrieved 2011-09-16. rabbiA. M. Hyamson A Dictionary of Universal Biography: Of All Ages and of All Peoples Retrieved 2011-09-16. of Salonica. He was the author of Oil of Myrrh, in the Yiddish known as Shemen ha-Mor (ex Myrrhoe commentariis Oleum), and was commentary on the Book of Esther. He lived and flourished in Salonica about 1540' his work being first printed in 1601,The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia Retrieved 2011-09-16. and living for some time in Constantinople.Marc Eliany virtualpublications Retrieved 2011-09-16.
The name Aaron was given to the brother of Moses a person documented within the Torah, this biblical Aaron was the founder of the priesthood.Judaism 101 Retrieved 2011-09-16.
See also History of the Jews in Thessaloniki
References