NIGRIN (NEGRIN), SIMON (SOLOMON):

Author; lived in Jerusalem in the early part of the seventeenth century; a grandnephew of Moses Nigrin. He is the supposed author of "Derush 'al ha-Tefillah" (Dyhernfurth, 1732), homiletic explanations of the important prayers, quoted also under the title "Me'on Shelomoh" or "Bet Shim'on Shelomoh."

Bibliography:
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2627;
  • Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 614.
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