Moses Najara I Explained

Moses Najara I
Other Names:Najjara
Birth Date:c. 1508
Birth Place:Probably Safed, Palestine
Death Date:1581
Death Place:Damascus, Ottoman Empire
Occupation:Rabbi, writer
Notable Works:Leḳaḥ Ṭob
Parents:Levi Najara
Children:Israel Najara

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, and died there in 1581. He wrote a work entitled Leḳaḥ Ṭob (לקח טוב, Constantinople, 1571), and was father of the poet Israel Najara.