Abraham de Boton

Abraham Hiyya de Boton was a Talmudist and rabbi, a pupil of Samuel de Medina, who later dwelt for the most part at Salonica as rabbi and leader of a Talmudic academy. The name "Ḥiyya" was given him during a dangerous sickness. He was for a time rabbi at Polia; in 1601 he lived in the Old Yishuv, and in 1603 was at Constantinople. He died between 1603 and 1609.