Moses Najara I
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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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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Najara". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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- 1508 births
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- 16th-century rabbis from the Mamluk Sultanate
- Sephardi Jews in the Mamluk Sultanate
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