PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Moshe ben Yonatan Galante
Moshe ben Yonatan Galante
Title	Rishon Le'Zion
Personal life
Born	1621
Died	February 4, 1689; Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman Empire
Parent	Yonatan Galante
Notable work(s)	Zebaḥ ha-Shelamim; Ḳorban Ḥagigah;
Known for	First Rishon Le'Zion
Other names	Magen (מגן)
Occupation	Rabbi
Relatives	Moshe 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).

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

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

References

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