Moses Najara II was a Jewish poet, son of

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 ...

, whom he succeeded as rabbi of

Gaza Gaza may refer to: Places Palestine * Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea ** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip ** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Mandatory Palestine * Gaza Sub ...

. His poetry is praised by his contemporaries, but none of his poems is now extant.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

Leser Landshuth Leser Landshuth (15 January 1817 – 23 March 1887) was a German Jewish liturgiologist. He went to Berlin as a youth to study Jewish theology, and there he became acquainted with Leopold Zunz and Abraham Geiger, the latter of whom was then stayin ...

, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah; *

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, Ḳore ha-Dorot; * Dukes, Gesch. der Neuhebräischen Poesie; *

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, Polemische Literatur, 1868, p. 350; * Magyar Zsidó Szemle, 1885.

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Jewish Encyclopedia article on NAJARA
Jewish poets Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine Writers from Gaza City Year of death missing Year of birth missing 17th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire {{poet-stub