Moshe ben Mordechai Galante
( he, ) (died 1608 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 ...
), was a 16th-century rabbi. He was a disciple of
Joseph Caro, and was ordained by Caro when he was only twenty-two years old. He wrote sermons for a
wedding
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, for
Passover
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, and for a thanksgiving service, printed with the younger
Obadiah Bertinoro's commentary on the ''
Book of Esther
The Book of Esther ( he, מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, Megillat Esther), also known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the wikt:מגילה, Megillah"), is a book in the third section (, "Writings") of the Judaism, Jewish ''Tanak ...
'' (Venice, 1585). He also wrote ''Miftaḥ ha-Zohar,'' an index of
Biblical
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passages found in the ''
Zohar
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'' and additions from old manuscripts (ib. 1566), ''Kehillat Ya'aḳob'', a cabalistic commentary on ''
Ecclesiastes
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'' (ib. 1577–78), and ''responsa'' with additions by his son
Jedidiah Galante (ib. 1608).
See also
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Galante (pedigree) Galante was a Jewish family which flourished at the beginning of the 16th century in Rome, and the head of which, Mordecai, was a Spanish exile of the Angel family. His courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname "Galantuomo" (g ...
References
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16th-century births
1608 deaths
Rabbis in Safed
Kabbalists
Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee
16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine
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