Moshe ben Yonatan Galante

Moshe ben Yonatan Galante
TitleRishon Le'Zion
Personal
Born1621
DiedFebruary 4, 1689
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Nationality Ottoman Empire
ParentYonatan Galante
Notable work(s)
  • Zebaḥ ha-Shelamim
  • Ḳorban Ḥagigah
Known forFirst Rishon Le'Zion
Other namesMagen (מגן)
OccupationRabbi
RelativesMoshe Galante (grandfather)
Senior posting
Disciples
  • Hezekiah da Silva

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 Zebaḥ ha-Shelamim, a harmonisation of contradictory Biblical passages and of Biblical with Talmudical statements (edited by his grandson Moses Ḥagis, Amsterdam, 1707–08), and Ḳorban Ḥagigah, 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).

See also

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Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

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  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. s.v.;
  • Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim

References

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Galante". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.