Yosef Karo

Yosef Karo

male, deceased (1575)
Yosef Caro (sometimes Joseph Caro was one of the most significant leaders in Rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulchan Arukh, an...
Solomon Molcho

Solomon Molcho

male, deceased (1532)
Solomon Molcho (Shlomo Mol'kho, meaning "Solomon His Angel"), originally Diogo Pires was a "New Christian" who converted back to Judaism, declared...
Moshe Alshich

Moshe Alshich

male, deceased (1593)
Rabbi Moshe Alshich (or Alshech, known as the "Alshich Hakadosh (the Holy)", was a prominent Jewish rabbi and biblical commentator in the latter...
Joseph Taitazak

Joseph Taitazak

male
Joseph ben Solomon Ṭaiṭazaḳ, also referred to by the acronym "MahaRITaTS", was a talmudic authority and kabalist who lived at Salonica in the 15th a...
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital

Hayyim ben Joseph Vital

male, deceased (1620)
Rabbi Chaim ben Yosef Vital (1543 in Safed-23 April 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. As a young boy, Rabbi Chaim...

Yom Tov Tzahalon

male, deceased (1611)
Yom Tov ben Moshe Tzahalon (Maharitatz (Hebrew: יום טוב בן משה צהלון) was a student of Moses di Trani and Moshe Alshich, and published a coll...

Moses Galante

male, deceased (1608)
Moses Galante (the Elder) (Hebrew: משה בן מרדכי גאלאנטי), son of Mordecai, was born about the middle of the 16th century. He was a disciple of Josep...

Elisha Gallico

male
Elisha Gallico ben Gabriel (died at Safed about 1583) was Palestinian Jewish Talmudist. He was a pupil of Joseph Caro. After the death of his...
Isaac de Leon

Isaac de Leon

male
Isaac de Leon, who lived at Toledo, Spain, was one of the last rabbis of Castile. He was a native of Leon, and a pupil of Isaac Campanton, and,...

Vidal Of Tolosa

male
Vidal of Tolosa was a Spanish rabbi and scholar of the latter half of the fourteenth century. Vidal resided in Catalonia, where he prepared his...