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 … Wikipedia
Israel ben Moses Najara — (c. 1555, Damascus c. 1625, Gaza) (Heb. ישראל בן משה נאג ארה) was a Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza.BiographyAccording to Franco ( Histoire des Israélites de l Empire Ottoman, p. 79, Paris,… … Wikipedia
NAJARA — NAJARA, family of rabbis and kabbalists in Ereẓ Israel and syria , originating from the town of Nájera in spain . Apparently, the head of the family, LEVI NAJARA, settled in Constantinople after the expulsion from Spain (1492). His son MOSES (1)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Najara family — Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: נאג ארה) was the name of an Oriental Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature Najaras are found at Algiers,… … Wikipedia
NAJARA, ISRAEL BEN MOSES — (1555?–1625?), Hebrew poet. Born apparently in damascus , Israel served as secretary of that community, in which his father, moses najara , was rabbi. While acknowledging Israel s poetic ability, some of the rabbis of Damascus, e.g. menahem… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses Nagari — or Moses ben Judah (in Hebrew, Moshe ben Yehuda ha Nagari was a medieval Jewish philosopher and writer. According to Steinschneider, he lived at Rome, Italy about 1300, and his name should be read Na ar , part of the Ne arim family (… … Wikipedia
Levi Najara — was a Spanish rabbi who emigrated in 1492 to Palestine, probably to Safed. He was the father of Moses Najara I.References*JewishEncyclopedia … Wikipedia
CAREGAL (Karregal), ḤAYYIM MOSES BEN ABRAHAM — (18th century), Sephardi ḥazzan of Jerusalem. Because of the heavy taxes imposed by the Jerusalem authorities, Caregal undertook a mission to Europe in the years 1712–14, both for the community and on his own behalf. This enabled him to arrange… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JONAH, MOSES — (16th century), kabbalist and one of the most important disciples of isaac luria . Ḥayyim Vital places him in the second group of Luria s pupils (Sha ar ha Gilgulim) and states that this is his first transmigration as a human being, and therefore … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Najara, Israel ben Moses — (c.1SSS c.1625) Syrian Hebrew poet. Born in Damascus, he was secretary to the Jewish community there. In 1587 he published two collections of hymns, Zemirot Yisrael and Mesah eket ba Tevel in Safed. Later he served as a rabbi in Gaza … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
