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Rabbi Moses ben (son of) Chaim Alshich ( 1508 - 1593 ), known as the ''Alshich'', was a Medieval Rabbi and Biblical Commentator . The Alshich was born in 1508 in Turkey . He later moved to Safed , Israel where he became a student of Rabbi Joseph Karo . In an attempt to reinstate the practice, he allegedly was one of the men who received true semicha (Rabbinical Ordination) and became a member of a new Sanhedrin . He authored a commentary on the Torah and the Prophets , which leans heavily on mystical teachings and the Kabbala , is still studied today. His students included Rabbi Chaim Vital and Rabbi Yom Tov Tzahalon . He died in Safed in 1593. |
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