Birth Place: | Italy (Probable) |
Occupation: | Rabbi, legal arbiter, emissary |
Known For: | Disciple of Isaac Luria, leader of the Italian congregation in Safed |
Notable Works: | Censura prefixed to various Hebrew works |
Teachers: | Isaac Luria |
Denomination: | Kabbalist |
Abraham Gabriel (16th to 17th-century) was a Palestinian rabbi of probable Italian origin who lived at Safed.[1] He was a disciple of the kabbalist Isaac Luria and is mentioned in Hayyim Vital's Book of Visions.[2] Gabriel was ordained by Jacob Berab II in 1594 and served as a legal arbiter on the Safed beth din (law court). He also acted as leader of the Italian congregation of the city.[1] In 1603 he travelled to Sidon as an emissary for Safed.[1] His censura were prefixed to various Hebrew works published at that period, including in the She'elot ve-Teshuvot of Yom Tov Tzahalon (Venice 1694).[3]