The Alshikh (Rabbi Moshe Alshikh)

ר' משה אלשיך (האלשיך הקדוש)

Preacher and commentator · 1508–c. 1593

Sephardi · EstablishedExpulsion & Safed

Safed's great preacher, whose sermons became the commentary Torat Moshe, still widely studied. A student of Maran and a teacher of Hayyim Vital, he was honored with the title HaKadosh, the holy one.

The Alshikh Synagogue, Safed
The Alshikh Synagogue, Safed. Shlomo Rodad, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

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