Abraham ben Mordecai Galante

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Abraham ben Mordecai Galante (d. 1560) was an Italian kabalist born in Rome at the beginning of the 16th century. Abraham, like his father Mordecai and his brother Moses, rabbi of Safed, is represented by his contemporaries as a man of high character who led a holy life (comp. Ḳab ha-Yashar, ch. xv.). He was the author of the following works:

• Ḳin'at Setarim, a commentary on Lamentations, based upon the Zohar, edited by his son Samuel in the collection Ḳol Bokim (Venice, 1589)
• Yeraḥ Yakar, a commentary on the Zohar, the first part of which (Genesis) was abbreviated by Abraham Azulai and included in his Zohore Ḥammah
• Zekut Abot, a commentary on the Sayings of the Fathers, mentioned by Hananiah of Monselice in his commentary on the Pirḳe Shirah. Galante was also the author of halakic decisions, which are still extant in manuscript. Being wealthy, he erected a splendid mausoleum over the tomb of Simon ben Yoḥai at Meron, which is still admired.

[edit] See also

• Galante (pedigree)

[edit] Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.v.;
• Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 89;
• Orient. Lit. vi. 211;
• Hermann Vogelstein and Paul Rieger, Geschichte der Juden in Rom, p. 86.

[edit] References

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