Abraham Gabriel (; 16th to 17th-century) was a Palestinian rabbi of probable Italian origin who lived at

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. He was a disciple of the kabbalist

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and is mentioned in

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's ''Book of Visions''. 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. In 1603 he travelled to

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as an

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for Safed. 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).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel, Abraham Rabbis in Safed 16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine