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Mardechai Ben-Abraham Jafb <ref name="term_45838" /> 
<p> a famous [[Jewish]] author, resided in 1561 at Venice, whence, during a persecution of the Jews, he retreated to Bohemia, and became rabbi in the synagogues of Grodno, Lublin, Kremnitz, and Prague. He is the author of the Lebushim, a series of ten works, which hold a high place in the classics of modern Judaism. The general title of the series is לבוש מלכות, [[Royal]] Apparel, from Esther 8:15; and the collection itself is sometimes called לבוש or ספר הלבושים . It consists of </p> <p> (1) Lebush tekeleth, or "the Purple Robe;" </p> <p> (2) Lebush ha-chor, or "the [[White]] Vestment;" </p> <p> (3) Lebush atereth zahab, or "the [[Crown]] of God;" </p> <p> (4) Lebush butz veargaman, or "the Vestment of fine linen and purple;" </p> <p> (5) Lebush ir Shushai, or "the Vestment of the City of Shushan." These five treatises turn upon the objects of the ritual codices of the Arba Turim of [[Jacob]] ben-Asher (q.v.), and the Shulchan [[Aruch]] of [[Joseph]] Karo (q.v.). The remaining five lebushinz are exegetical, cabalistic, and philosophical. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:7 sq.; Etheridge, Introduction to [[Hebrew]] Literature, page 457; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), page 136. (B.P.) </p>
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<ref name="term_45838"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/jafb,+mardechai+ben-abraham Mardechai Ben-Abraham Jafb from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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