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.