Abraham Rovigo (born ca. 1650 in Modena, died 1713 in Mantua) was a Jewish scholar, rabbi and kabbalist. He studied in Venice under the chair of Moses Zacuto and devoted himself to study the Kabbalah. He was one of the main supporters of the moderate wings of Sabbatai Zevi and gathered around him many followers of the movement, like Behr Perlhefter, Mordecai Mokiach and Mordecai Ashkenazi. In 1700 1701 he spent one year in F rth, in order to proof the press of the Zoharic commentariy of his pupil Mordecai Ashkenazi. One year late he and a group of followers settled the Holy Land.

References

• Gershom Scholem: Halomotav shel ha-Shabbetai R. Mordekhai Ashkenazi. Jerusalem 1938.
• Abraham Yaari: Iggerot Ere Yisrael. Jerusalem 1943, pp. 223 242.
• Yeshaya Tishby: Netivei Emunah u-Minut. Jerusalem 1964, cf. Index.