Creator Bio
Samuel ha-Levi Barazani
ca. 1560–ca. 1630
A rabbi, yeshiva head, and reputed kabbalist, revered by the Jews of Kurdistan, Samuel ben Nathaniel ha-Levi Barazani was active in towns throughout the region, including Barzan, Amadiya, and probably Mosul. Difficult political and financial situations compelled his frequent moves. Barazani maintained ties with rabbis in Safed by means of Kurdistani students who studied in its yeshivas. Barazani’s writings, including piyyutim (liturgical poetry), have survived only in scattered manuscripts.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
Rulings
And now, you, my brethren, my people of holy communities in all the places you live, for several years I have been unable to send you reproaches and words of ethics and righteousness. . . . And since…