Mordechai HaKohen of Safed (1523–1598) was a scholar and kabbalist who flourished in the second half of the sixteenth century in

Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

. He was a pupil of the famous kabbalist Israel di Curiel, and a contemporary of

Joseph di Trani Joseph Trani (1568–1639) or Joseph di Trani was a Talmudist of the latter part of the 16th century who lived in Greece. By contemporary scholars he was called Mahrimat (), and regarded as one of the foremost Talmudists of his time. Today he is mo ...

. Mordechai wrote an allegoric-kabalistic commentary on the Pentateuch, entitled ''Sifte Kohen''. He had to leave Safed due to financial hardships and took up position of rabbi of

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

in 1570.

References

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.v.; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1669. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mordechai HaKohen of Safed 1523 births 1598 deaths 16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Kabbalists Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature Rabbis in Aleppo Rabbis in Ottoman Palestine Rabbis in Safed Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee