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Abraham Gabriel

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Abraham Gabriel
Personal
Born
Italy (Probable)
Nationality Ottoman Empire
DenominationKabbalist
Notable work(s)Censura prefixed to various Hebrew works
TeachersIsaac Luria
Known forDisciple of Isaac Luria, leader of the Italian congregation in Safed
OccupationRabbi, legal arbiter, emissary

Abraham Gabriel (16th to 17th-century) was a Palestinian rabbi of probable Italian origin who lived at Safed.[1] He was a disciple of the kabbalist Isaac Luria and is mentioned in Hayyim Vital's Book of Visions.[2] Gabriel was ordained by Jacob Berab II in 1594 and served as a legal arbiter on the Safed beth din (law court). He also acted as leader of the Italian congregation of the city.[1] In 1603 he travelled to Sidon as an emissary for Safed.[1] His censura were prefixed to various Hebrew works published at that period, including in the She'elot ve-Teshuvot of Yom Tov Tzahalon (Venice 1694).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Abraham David; Dena Ordan (28 May 2010). To Come to the Land: Immigration and Settlement in 16th-Century Eretz-Israel. University of Alabama Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-8173-5643-9. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  2. ^ Isaac Judah Jehiel Safrin (November 1999). Jewish mystical autobiographies: Book of visions and Book of secrets. Paulist Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8091-3876-0. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  3. ^ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1842). The biographical dictionary of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge--. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 150. Retrieved 19 September 2011.