Moses ben Joseph di Trani

Moses ben Joseph di Trani ( the Elder) (* 1505 in Thessaloniki, † 1585 in Jerusalem, Hebrew משה מטראני ), called מבי"ט ( Mabit ) was a Talmud scholar of the 16th century.

His father fled three years before his birth from Apulia to Thessaloniki. As a child Moses was sent to Talmudic studies under his uncle Aaron after Hadrian Opel ( Edirne ). At age 16, he went to Safed and sat under Jacob Berab his studies. In 1525 he was rabbi there; In 1535 he went to Jerusalem.

Works

  • Beth Elohim (Venice 1576 ), a moral and philosophical work on prayer, atonement and fundamentals of the Jewish faith
  • Kiryat Sefer (Venice 1551; Warsaw ( Shriftgisser ) 1902), a commentary on the Torah and Talmud and Super comment to difficult passages in Maimonides
  • Sefer ha - Tehiyyah weha - Pedut (Mantua, 1556; Wilna, 1799; Sudzilkov, 1834 Warsaw 1841), a commentary on chapters 7-8 of Saadia Gaon Emunot we- Deot
  • She'elot u - Teshubot ( 2 vols, 1629-30; Lvov 1861 ), a collection of 841 responses.
  • Rabbi
  • Born in 1505
  • Died in 1585
  • Man
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