Ezra Malki

Ezra Malki was rabbi of Rhodes in the seventeenth century; he was brother-in-law of Hezekiah de Silva, the author of "Peri Ḥadash."

Malki was the author of "Malki ba-Ḳodesh" (Salonica, 1749). This work contains novellæ on the laws of Passover given in the Shulḥan 'Aruk (Oraḥ Ḥayyim) and in the "Bet Yosef"; commentaries on the Pesaḥ Haggadah and on the parts of the Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah which contain the laws concerning the Passover lamb, Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, and lulab; novellæ on the "Sefer Miẓwot ha-Gadol"; and collectanea.

Malki also wrote "Shemen la-Ma'or" (Constantinople, 1760), novellæ on the first chapter of Baba Meẓi'a, in which he defends Zerahiah ha-Levi against the attacks of Naḥmanides; "'En Mishpaṭ" (ib. 1770), responsa; "'Enot Mayim" (Salonica, 1811), sermons.

References

• Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii., s.v. ;
• Julius Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 320;
• Joseph Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 508.

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