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Moses ben Jonathan Galante

1621 – 1689

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Lived 1621 – 1689 (aged 67–68). Moses ben Jonathan Galante was a Turkish author.

Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (; 1621 – 4 February 1689 Jerusalem), grandson of Moshe Galante, was a 17th-century rabbi at Jerusalem. He served as the first Rishon Le'Zion and was called Magen (מגן) with reference to the initials of his name. Hezekiah da Silva was among his disciples.

He wrote Zebach ha-Shelamim, a harmonisation of contradictory Biblical passages and of Biblical with Talmudical statements (edited by his grandson Moses Hagis, Amsterdam, 1707–08), and Khorban Chagigah, halakic and kabalistic novellæ (Venice, 1714). Some of his responsa are found in the works of contemporaries, and a volume of his responsa exists under the title Elef ha-Magen, but has never been published (as of 1906).

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1621, Safed
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Moshe ben Yonatan Galante

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Who was Moses ben Jonathan Galante?

person associated with Hebrew manuscripts

When was Moses ben Jonathan Galante born?

Moses ben Jonathan Galante was born in 1621 in Safed.

When did Moses ben Jonathan Galante die?

Moses ben Jonathan Galante died on 4 February 1689 in Jerusalem.

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Moses ben Jonathan Galante was an author.

What nationality was Moses ben Jonathan Galante?

Moses ben Jonathan Galante was Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Moses ben Jonathan Galante

· Wikidata: Q12409579

· DBpedia: Moshe ben Yonatan Galante

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