Rabbi Ezra Ben Raphael Malki, Rabbi of Rhodes

From the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906, in the public domain:

"MALKI, EZRA BEN RAPHAEL:

By: Isidore Singer, M. Seligsohn

Rabbi of Rhodes in the seventeenth century; brother-in-law of Hezekiah de Silva, the author of "Peri Ḥadash." Malki was the author of "Malki ba-Ḳodesh" (Salonica, 1749). This work contains novellæ on the laws of Passover given in the Shulḥan 'Aruk (Oraḥ Ḥayyim) and in the "Bet Yosef"; commentaries on the Pesaḥ Haggadah and on the parts of the Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah which contain the laws concerning the Passover lamb, Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, and lulab; novellæ on the "Sefer Miẓwot ha-Gadol"; and collectanea. He wrote also: "Shemen la-Ma'or" (Constantinople, 1760), novellæ on the first chapter of Baba Meẓi'a, in which he defends Zerahiah ha-Levi against the attacks of Naḥmanides; "'En Mishpaṭ" (ib. 1770), responsa; "'Enot Mayim" (Salonica, 1811), sermons.

Bibliography: Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii., s.v. ; Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 320; Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 508."

From the Tombs of the Rabbis on the Island of Rhodes. Sourced from rhodesjewishmuseum.org. July 2022
Ezra Malki, 1772
"Translation: Great is the land the devours there is no benefit for this death the Rabbi of our community, a father to all of us, the whole community is ready at the site where judgment will be given to the whole land, we are greatly satiated with bitter weeping and live with his death. Woe to the beauty, his splendor is buried in the earth, great is his camp, on the Torah and worship the older people must be warn and educate their young [a quote from Parashat Emor-the weekly torah portion that was read at the time of his death] a righteous man in the land, from a great ancient holy ancestry [roots] established from an (?) stock the son of an important man will shine, a fire in the land…(? ?) to the righteous of the land…(???) the distinguished rabbi the head of our city, in the honor of our honorable teacher and rabbi—Rabbi Ezra Malki May the memory of the righteous be of a blessing his soul will rest in peace in the site where the righteous reside? like the mighty of the land, was summoned before the divine justice on the seventh day of the month of Iyar [Sunday 24 April 1768] in the year 5528 since the creation. May his soul be bound in the bond of life."