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Moshe ben Mordechai Galante

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Moshe ben Mordechai Galante
משה בן מרדכי גאלאנטי
Personal life
Died1608
Safed, Ottoman Empire
Nationality Ottoman Empire
ParentMordechai Galante
Notable work(s)
  • Miftaḥ ha-Zohar
  • Kehillat Ya'aḳob
  • Responsa
Known forDisciple of Joseph Caro
OccupationRabbi

Moshe ben Mordechai Galante (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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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Galante". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.