Israel ben Meir di Curiel

Israel ben Meir di Curiel (1501–1573)[1] was a 16th-century rabbi in Safed, Ottoman Syria and member of the prominent Curiel family who were later ennobled by Joao IV of Portugal in 1641.[2][3]

Biography

Israel ben Meir di Curiel was a disciple of Joseph Fasi in Adrianople and also stayed for a time in Constantinople.[4] In Safed he studied under Isaac Luria and Jacob Berab, by whom he was subsequently ordained.[4] He served together with Joseph Karo and Moses Trani on the Safed beth din (law court).[4] Di Curiel's students included Mordechai HaKohen of Safed and Bezalel Ashkenazi. An outstanding preacher in his time, his homilies were collected and published, in addition to his Or Ẓaddikim (Salonica 1799).[4] The renowned poet Israel Najara was his grandson.[4]

References
  1. Jacob Culi (1978). The Passover Haggadah MeAm loʻez. Moznaim Pub. Corp. p. 253. ISBN 9780940118362. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. Israel, Jonathan (1990-01-01). Empires and Entrepots: Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy and the Jews, 1585-1713. A&C Black. ISBN 9781852850227.
  3. SAMUEL, EDGAR (1988). "The Curiel Family in 16th-century Portugal". Jewish Historical Studies. 31: 111–136. ISSN 0962-9696. JSTOR 29779865.
  4. Curiel, Israel ben Meir di, Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2008.
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