Joseph Shalom de Shalom Gallego (; died 25 November 1624) was a Hebrew poet and ''

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Biography

Originally from

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, Gallego moved to

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around 1614, where he served for fourteen years as the first ''ḥazzan'' of the city's first synagogue, Beth Jacob. According to some sources, he later moved to the

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. He edited the collection ''Imre No'am'', containing religious poems, hymns, and elegies (Amsterdam, 1628), many of which were set to melodies of

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folk songs. Several of his Hebrew poems are also to be found in the manuscript collection ''Kol tefillah ve-kol zimrah'' of

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. Gallego translated from Hebrew into Spanish the ethical writings of Jonah de Gerona, under the title ''Sendroe enderode Vidas'' (Amsterdam, n.d.; 2d ed., Amsterdam, 1640).

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References

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