Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen

Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen or Solomon Afeda Cohen (in Hebrew: שלמה בן אפידה הכהן) (1826–1893) was a Karaite 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.

Driven by the love of Jewish studies, he returned to student life under the supervision of his uncle Isaac Cohen who was a hakham.

Having given up his small business to devote himself definitively to his literary career, he was appointed head of the community of the Constantinopolitan Karaites, as well as officiating minister and teacher.

[5] His successor, Sabbatai Mengoubi, resigned from his post in Constantinople and went to Cairo to take his place.