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Dr. Simon Ginzburg
Scholar cited for a study concerning Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto and his generation.
Rabbi Moses Ish Lipschitz
Author identified as the writer of Lehem Mishneh on Mishnah.
Moses Astrer
A rabbi and kabbalist associated with Galicia and Lurianic Kabbalah.
Yechezkel Landau
A rabbi whose approbation attested to Moses’s commentary.
Shalom of Belz
The Belzer Rebbe, who studied Moses’s commentary daily.
Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov
A kabbalist who praised Moses’s later book repeatedly.
Yisrael Berger
Author cited in a bibliographic note.
Rabbi Moshe
A rabbi portrayed as withdrawn from controversy and devoted to revealed and esoteric Torah.
Rabbi Yonatan Eibeshitz
A rabbi whose supporters and opponents are mentioned.
Rabbi Yaakov Emden
A rabbi whose supporters and opponents are mentioned.
Isaac
Moses’s son who recounted his father’s journey to the Land of Israel.
Isaac Eisik of Komarno
Rabbi cited in a recommendation for Zera Isaac.
Abraham
Moses’s grandson associated with Zera Isaac.
Isaac Harif
Moses’s son and author of Elef Lecha Shlomo.
Emmanuel Riki
Poet described as Moses’s relative and author of a lament.
Simon Bernstein
Name associated with Songs of Israel in Italy.
Rabbi Moshe
Rabbi Moshe died in 1781 and left four sons.
Rabbi Yitzhak
Rabbi Yitzhak eulogized his father and served as a religious judge.
Yosef Lewenstein
Author who recorded a disputed date for Rabbi Moshe’s death.
Avraham Shtern
Author who recorded the same disputed date.
Rabbi Avraham, son of Rabbi Yitzhak Harif
Rabbi Avraham is identified as Rabbi Yitzhak Harif’s son.
Rabbi Yosef Moshe
Author and chief religious judge of Zalin and Przemysl.
Rabbi Hanina
Rabbi Hanina is said to have created a calf.
Rabbi Osheia
Rabbi Osheia is said to have created a calf.
Rava
Rava is said to have created a human.
Rav Papa
Rav Papa is said to have created a golem to serve him.
Abraham ibn Ezra
A great scholar associated with a golem creation story.
Rabbi Elijah Besht
The rabbi of Chelm is said to have created the Chelm golem.
Rabbi David Yafe
Drohichyn rabbi and rabbinical court head said to have created a golem.
Rabbi Mordecai Yafe
Rabbi David Yafe is said to descend from Rabbi Mordecai Yafe.
Jacob S. Minkin
Writer who published the same account in an encyclopedia.
Isaiah
One of Rabbi David’s two sons; his descendants pursued trades and rabbinate.
David Yaffa
Judge in Kobrin and son of Rabbi Jacob.
Moses
Rabbi in Pichatetz and son of Rabbi Jacob.
Mordecai
Rabbi in Ganyeid and son of Rabbi Jacob.
Hirsh Leib Levi
A rabbi born in Drohitchin who transmitted information about Davidel Yafe.