Rabbi Avraham Galanti

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Rabbi Avraham Galanti was a Kabbalist living in Safed in the second half of the 16th century. He was born to a family that had fled Spain in 1492, and had then settled in Rome. As a young man he moved to Israel and studied there with Rabbi Moshe Cordovero.

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Rabbi Avraham Galanti is know to have been buried in the old Beit Hakvarot of Tzfat, although the exact location is no longer known. Some claim that he is buried in the cave of the 'Elders of Tzfat' along with Rabbi Yakov Beirav and Rabbi Moshe Alsheich.

 
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