About Moses Najara I
Lived 1508 – 1581 (aged 72–73). Moses Najara I was a Turkish rabbi.
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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Who was Moses Najara I?
Turkish rabbi
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Moses Najara I was born in 1508.
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Moses Najara I died in 1581.
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Moses Najara I was a rabbi.
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Moses Najara I was Turkish.
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