Moshe ben Levi Najara

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Moshe ben Levi Najara

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Birthplace: Safed, Tzfat, North District, Israel
Death: 1581 (68-77)
Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
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Son of Levi Najara
Husband of Mrs. Moshe Najara
Father of Israel ben Moshe Najara

Occupation: Rabbi
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About Moshe ben Levi Najara

Moses Najara I (or Najjara, c 1508 – 1581) was a Turkish rabbinical writer, son of Levi Najara, born probably at Safed. He lived at Damascus, where he was rabbi, and died there in 1581. He wrote a work entitled Leḳaḥ Ṭob (לקח טוב, Constantinople, 1571), and was father of the poet Israel Najara.

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Moshe ben Levi Najara's Timeline

1508
1508
Safed, Tzfat, North District, Israel
1555
1555
Damascus, Ottoman Empire
1581
1581
Age 73
Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)