Reuben ben Hoshke

Reuben Hoshke HaKohen (Sofer) (died 3 April 1673) (Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of Prague. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi[1] and Zunz[2] for his family name.

He wrote:

• Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni, a kabbalistic work (an imitation of the Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash) containing a collection of sayings taken from other kabbalistic works and arranged in alphabetical order (Prague, 1660)
• Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni ha-Gadol, (ילקוט ראובני הגדול) a kabbalistic midrash on the Pentateuch arranged according to the order of the parashiyyot (Wilmersdorf, 1681)
• Davar Shebi-Ḳedushah, a manual of asceticism and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684)
• Oneg Shabbat, cabalistic reflections on the Sabbath laws, followed by an appendix entitled Derek Ḳabbalat Shabbat (ib. 1684).

References

1. Dizionario, s.v. "Oski, Ruben"
2. Z. G. p. 402

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kohler, Kaufmann; Seligsohn, M. (1901–1906). "Hoshk, Reuben". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:

• Lieben, Gal 'Ed, German part, p. 41; Hebrew part, p. 36;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2138;
• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 412.