Mordecai Galante (died 1781) was
Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi () is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir ...
of
Damascus
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during the Ottoman era and author of ''Gedullat Mordekai,'' a collection of sermons preserved in manuscript at Damascus (Ḥazan, ''Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh,'' p. 50).
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Galante (pedigree) Galante was a Jewish family which flourished at the beginning of the 16th century in Rome, and the head of which, Mordecai, was a Spanish exile of the Angel family. His courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname "Galantuomo" (g ...
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1781 deaths
Religious leaders from Damascus
Chief rabbis of populated places
Year of birth unknown
Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Syria
18th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
18th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire
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