Abraham ben Mordecai Galante (died before 1589)[1] was an Italian kabbalist born in Rome at the beginning of the 16th century. Abraham, like his father Mordecai and his brother Moses of Safed, is represented by his contemporaries as a man of high character who led a holy life. Being wealthy, he erected a splendid mausoleum over the tomb of Simon ben Yoḥai at Meron, which is still admired.

He was the author of the following works:

He was also a prolific scribe, who made various manuscript copies of kabbalistic works, including Moses ben Jacob Cordovero's Pardes Rimonim.[2]

See also

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

References

  1. ^ David, Avraham. (1999). To come to the land : immigration and settlement in sixteenth-century Eretz-Israel. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-585-26900-9. OCLC 45731071.
  2. ^ Eugene D. Matanky, "Illustration, Dissemination, and Production: Diagrams in Moses Cordovero's Pardes Rimonim," Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts 51 (2022): 7–38