Moshe ben Mordechai Galante explained

Moshe ben Mordechai Galante
Native Name:משה בן מרדכי גאלאנטי
Native Name Lang:he
Death Date:1608
Death Place:Safed, Ottoman Empire
Occupation:Rabbi
Known For:Disciple of Joseph Caro
Notable Works:
  • Miftaḥ ha-Zohar
  • Kehillat Ya'aḳob
  • Responsa
Parents:Mordechai Galante

Moshe ben Mordechai Galante (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|משה בן מרדכי גאלאנטי) (died 1608 in Safed), was a 16th-century rabbi. He was a disciple of Joseph Caro, and was ordained by Caro when he was only twenty-two years old. He wrote sermons for a wedding, for Passover, and for a thanksgiving service, printed with the younger Obadiah Bertinoro's commentary on the Book of Esther (Venice, 1585). He also wrote Miftaḥ ha-Zohar, an index of Biblical passages found in the Zohar and additions from old manuscripts (ib. 1566), Kehillat Ya'aḳob, a cabalistic commentary on Ecclesiastes (ib. 1577–78), and responsa with additions by his son Jedidiah Galante (ib. 1608).

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