Mordecai Najar was a
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 ...
in
Majorca in the first half of the 15th century, a contemporary of
Simon ben Ẓemaḥ Duran, who answered some of his questions in ''Tashbaẓ'' (part i., Nos. 119, 173-174; part ii., Nos. 141, 225-232).
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
*
Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' i.91, No. 86;
*
Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii.12.
External links
Jewish Encyclopedia article on NAJARA
References
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15th-century Aragonese rabbis
Medieval Majorcan Jews
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