Levi Najara was a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

who emigrated in 1492 to

Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...

Palestine, probably to Safed. He was the father of

Moses Najara I Moses Najara I (or Najjara, ''c'' 1508 – 1581) was a Turkish rabbinical writer, son of Levi Najara, born probably at Safed. He lived at Damascus, where he was rabbi, and died there in 1581. He wrote a work entitled ''Leḳaḥ Ṭob'' (''לק ...

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15th-century rabbis from the Mamluk Sultanate Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 Rabbis in Safed Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine Sephardi Jews in the Mamluk Sultanate Spanish rabbis Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{spain-rabbi-stub