Nathan Nata Spira

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Nathan Nata Spira (alternatively, "Spiro", "Shapiro", "Shapira") (d. 1662) was the son of Reuben David Spira, and associate rabbi of Cracow. He was sent from Jerusalem to Germany and Italy to collect alms. Most of his works are kabbalistic in nature, including:

• Tub ha-Areẓ (Venice, 1655; Zolkiev, 1781), on the excellencies of the Holy Land, on the holy vessels, etc.
• Yayin ha-Meshummar (ib. 1660), on Yayin Nesek
• Maẓẓot Shimmurim (ib. 1665), on the mezuzah, ẓiẓit, etc.

Azulai saw the manuscripts of his religious discourses and of several of his cabalistic works. Nathan died at Reggio, Italy, in 1662.

[edit] Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

• Azulai, l.c. i. 148;
• De Rossi-Hamberger, Hist. Wörterb. p. 301;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2051.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.