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
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 ...
, and died there in 1581. He wrote a work entitled ''Leḳaḥ Ṭob'' (''לקח טוב'', Constantinople, 1571), and was father of the poet
Israel Najara
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
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1508 births
1581 deaths
16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
People from Damascus
16th-century rabbis from the Mamluk Sultanate
Sephardi Jews in the Mamluk Sultanate
Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine