Mordechai HaKohen of Safed

Mordechai HaKohen of Safed (1523 - 1598) was a scholar and kabbalist who flourished in the second half of the sixteenth century in Safed. He was a pupil of the famous kabbalist Israel di Curiel, and a contemporary of Joseph di Trani. Mordechai wrote an allegoric-kabalistic commentary on the Pentateuch, entitled Sifte Kohen. He had to leave Safed due to financial hardships and took up position of rabbi of Aleppo, Syria in 1570.^[1]

References

1. ^ Jacob Culi (1978). The Passover Haggadah MeAm loʻez. Moznaim Pub. Corp.. p. 253. http://books.google.com/books?id=5eMlAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Mordechai ha-Kohen of Safed" by Isidore Singer and Jacob Zallel Lauterbach, a publication now in the public domain. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.v.; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1669.S. J.