Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1621 – 4 February 1689
Jerusalem
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), grandson of
Moshe Galante, was a 17th-century rabbi at Jerusalem. He served as the first
Rishon Le'Zion and was called ''Magen'' (מגן) with reference to the initials of his name.
Hezekiah da Silva
Rabbi Hezekiah da Silva (also Hezekiah Silva) (1659–1698) () was a Jewish author born in Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was the son-in-law of the dayan Mordechai Rafael Malachi.
Biography
Hezekiah Da Silva was born in 1659 in Livorno, Gr ...
was among his disciples.
He wrote ''Zebaḥ ha-Shelamim,'' a harmonisation of contradictory
Biblical passages and of Biblical with
Talmudical
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statements (edited by his grandson
Moses Ḥagis, Amsterdam, 1707–08), and ''Ḳorban Ḥagigah,''
halakic
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and
kabalistic
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''novellæ'' (Venice, 1714). Some of his responsa are found in the works of contemporaries, and a volume of his responsa exists under the title ''Elef ha-Magen,'' but has never been published (as of 1906).
See also
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Galante (pedigree)
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
*Steinschneider, ''Cat. Bodl.'' s.v.;
*Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim''
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galante, Moses ben Jonathan
1621 births
1689 deaths
17th-century rabbis in Jerusalem
Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives
Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine