Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
NAJARA, ISRAEL BEN MOSES — (1555?–1625?), Hebrew poet. Born apparently in damascus , Israel served as secretary of that community, in which his father, moses najara , was rabbi. While acknowledging Israel s poetic ability, some of the rabbis of Damascus, e.g. menahem… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Israel ben Moses Najara — (c. 1555, Damascus c. 1625, Gaza) (Heb. ישראל בן משה נאג ארה) was a Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza.BiographyAccording to Franco ( Histoire des Israélites de l Empire Ottoman, p. 79, Paris,… … Wikipedia
Najara family — Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: נאג ארה) was the name of an Oriental Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature Najaras are found at Algiers,… … Wikipedia
CURIEL, ISRAEL BEN MEIR DI — (d. 1577), sage of Safed. Neither the place nor the date of his birth is known. Similarly, there is no precise idea as to the date of his arrival in Safed. Di Curiel studied under R. Joseph Fasi in Adrianople, and presumably he held a rabbinic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NAJARA — NAJARA, family of rabbis and kabbalists in Ereẓ Israel and syria , originating from the town of Nájera in spain . Apparently, the head of the family, LEVI NAJARA, settled in Constantinople after the expulsion from Spain (1492). His son MOSES (1)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CAREGAL (Karregal), ḤAYYIM MOSES BEN ABRAHAM — (18th century), Sephardi ḥazzan of Jerusalem. Because of the heavy taxes imposed by the Jerusalem authorities, Caregal undertook a mission to Europe in the years 1712–14, both for the community and on his own behalf. This enabled him to arrange… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LURIA, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON — (1534–1572), kabbalist, referred to as Ha Ari (האר״י; the (sacred) lion from the initials of האלוהי רבי יצחק; Ha Elohi Rabbi Yiẓḥak, the divine Rabbi ). This cognomen was in use by the end of the 16th century, apparently at first in kabbalistic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Hebrew language poets — List of Hebrew language poets:Biblical* King David * King Solomon * JeremiahEarly Middle Ages* Yose ben Yose * Yannai * Eleazar ha KalirGolden Age in Spain* Joseph ibn Abitur * Abraham Abulafia * Meir Halevi Abulafia * Todros Abulafia * Levi ibn… … Wikipedia
Menahem Lonzano — Menahem ben Judah ben Menahem de Lonzano was a rabbi, Masoretic scholar, lexicographer, and poet. He died after 1608 in Jerusalem. His nativity is unknown, but it has been supposed that he was born in Italy. According to Jellinek, who identified… … Wikipedia
Menahem di Lonzano — (hébreu : מנחם בן יהודה די לונזאנו Menahem ben Yehouda di Lonzano) est un rabbin et kabbaliste italien des XVIe et XVIIe siècles (d. à Jérusalem, v. 1608). Érudit en Massorah et en Midrash, il est l un des plus anciens immigrants vers… … Wikipédia en Français
