Moses ben Joseph di Trani
Moses ben Joseph di Trani (the elder) (* 1505 in Thessaloniki , † 1585 in Jerusalem ; Hebrew משה מטראני ), called מבי"ט ( Mabit ) was a Talmud scholar of the 16th century.
His father fled from Puglia to Thessaloniki three years before he was born . As a child, Moses was sent to Hadrianopel (Edirne) to study the Talmud under his uncle Aaron . At the age of 16 he went to Safed and continued his studies under Jacob Berab . In 1525 he became rabbi there ; In 1535 he went to Jerusalem .
Works
- Bet Elohim (Venice 1576), a moral and philosophical work on prayer, atonement, and the foundations of the Jewish faith
- Kiryat Sefer (Venice 1551; Warsaw (Shriftgisser) 1902), a commentary on Torah and Talmud and super commentary on difficult passages in Maimonides
- Sefer ha-Tehiyyah weha-Pedut (Mantua, 1556; Wilna, 1799; Sudzilkov, 1834; Warsaw 1841), a commentary on chapters 7–8 of Saadia Gaon's Emunot we-Deot
- She'elot u-Teshubot (2 vols., 1629-30; Lvov 1861), a collection of 841 answers.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trani, Moses ben Joseph di |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trani, Moses ben Joseph di the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Talmudic scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1505 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thessaloniki |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1585 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |