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Israel ben Meir di Curiel (1501–1573) was a 16th-century rabbi in
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,
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and member of the prominent
Curiel family The Curiel family (Dutch: Curiël ''or'' also known as: da Costa) is a prominent Sephardi Jewish family. Until the late 18th century, the family held diplomatic positions for the Portuguese Crown in Hamburg and Amsterdam. History The family' ...
who were later
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by Joao IV of Portugal in 1641.


Biography

Israel ben Meir di Curiel was a disciple of Joseph Fasi in
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and also stayed for a time in
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.Curiel, Israel ben Meir di
''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', 2008.
In Safed he studied under
Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Ashkenazi Luria (; #FINE_2003, Fine 2003, p24/ref>July 25, 1572), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as Ha'ari, Ha'ari Hakadosh or Arizal, was a leading rabbi and Jewish mysticism, Jewish mystic in the community of Saf ...
and
Jacob Berab Jacob Berab (), also spelled Berav or Bei-Rav, known as Mahari Beirav (1474 – April 3, 1546), was an influential rabbi and talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce classical semikhah (ordination). Biography Berab was born at Maqu ...
, by whom he was subsequently ordained. He served together with
Joseph Karo Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the ''Beit Yosef'', and its ...
and Moses Trani on the Safed '' beth din'' (law court). Di Curiel's students included Mordechai HaKohen of Safed and
Bezalel Ashkenazi Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi () ( 1520 – 1592) was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in Ottoman Israel during the 16th century. He is best known as the author of the ''Shitah Mekubetzet'', a commentary on the Talmud. Among his disciples were ...
. An outstanding preacher in his time, his homilies were collected and published, in addition to his ''Or Ẓaddikim'' (Salonica 1799). The renowned poet
Israel Najara Israel ben Moses Najara (; ; – ) was a prolific Jewish liturgy, liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist (although this is disputed), and rabbi in Gaza City, Gaza. Biography The rabbinic Najara family was originally fro ...
was his grandson.


References

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