Shlomo_ben_Afeda_Ha-Kohen
Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen
Crimean Karaite hakham (1826–1893)
Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen or Solomon Afeda Cohen (in Hebrew: שלמה בן אפידה הכהן) (1826–1893) was a Karaite Jewish hakham of the 19th century considered the last of the Karaite sages of Constantinople.[1]
He is famous for his two abridgements of Elijah Bashyazi's masterpiece "Aderet Eliyahu" (The Mantle of Elijah): Sefer Gefen Ha-Adderet[2] composed in 1860 and Sefer Yeriot Shelomoh[3] composed in 1862.
Solomon Cohen proposed shortening the prayers of the Karaite festivals with the aim to attract more Karaites to the temple (Knessa). He also worked as a scribe and composed many poems.[4]