Rabbi Samuel ben Isaac de Uçeda or Shmuel de Uzeda
(; 1545 – 1604) was a Jewish commentator and preacher. Born in
Safed
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Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...
, his name, Uçeda, originally was derived from the town
Uceda in the
archbishopric of Toledo. He was a pupil of
Isaac Luria and
Hayyim Vital, with whom he studied
kabbalah
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and a friend of Rabbi
Moshe Cordoviro. He became rabbi and preacher in Safed and, later, in
Constantinople
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.
Works
Samuel was the author of the following works:
* ''Iggeret Shemu'el'' (Iggeret Shmuel), a commentary and supercommentary on the
Book of Ruth
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(published in 1557; together with the text and the commentary of
Rashi
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Born in Troyes, Rashi stud ...
,
Kuru Chesme, 1597; Amsterdam, 1712; Zolkiev, 1800);
* ''Leḥem Dim'ah'' (Lekhem Dim'ah), a commentary on
Lamentations, with the text and the commentary of Rashi (Venice, 1600; Amsterdam, 1710, 1715);
* ''Midrash Shemu'el'' (Midrash Shmuel), a detailed commentary on
Pirkei Avot
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, (Venice, 1579, 1585, 1597; Cracow, 1594; Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1713). This work was his chief one,
and included references to the commentaries (at that time in manuscript) of
Jonah Gerondi,
Meïr Abulafia,
Samuel ben Meïr,
Menahem Me'iri,
Samuel ibn Sid,
Joseph ibn Nahmias,
Baruch ibn Melek,
Joseph ibn Susan,
Moses Almosnino, and others, most of which have since been printed.
* ''Midrash Shmuel on the Torah'', a commentary on the
Torah
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. This was compiled from manuscripts written by Rabbi Samuel. (New York, 2015)
* Commentaries on the
Book of Esther
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,
Isaiah,
Job, and
Daniel.
References
* It has the following bibliography:
** Conforte, Ḳore ha-Dorot, pp. 42a, 48a;
** Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 172;
** De Rossi-Hamberger, Hist. Wörterb. p. 254;
** Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. p. 2494;
** Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii. 44.W. B. M. K.
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Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee
Rabbis in Safed
Kabbalists
Sephardi Jews from Ottoman Palestine
16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire