Israel ben Meir di Curiel (1501 - 1573)[1] was a 16th-century rabbi in Safed, Ottoman Syria and member of the prominent Curiel family who were later ennobled by Joao IV of Portugal in 1641.[2] [3]
Israel ben Meir di Curiel was a disciple of Joseph Fasi in Adrianople and also stayed for a time in Constantinople.[4] In Safed he studied under Isaac Luria and Jacob Berab, by whom he was subsequently ordained.[4] He served together with Joseph Karo and Moses Trani on the Safed beth din (law court).[4] Di Curiel's students included Mordechai HaKohen of Safed and Bezalel Ashkenazi. An outstanding preacher in his time, his homilies were collected and published, in addition to his Or Ẓaddikim (Salonica 1799).[4] The renowned poet Israel Najara was his grandson.[4]