Gazaעזה
Southern coastal Land of Israel
Gaza hosted a Jewish community for most of its history. R. Yisrael Najara (c. 1555-1625), composer of the Shabbat zemer 'Yah Ribbon Olam', served as Av Beit Din of Gaza in his final years.
4 teachers
Teachers who lived here
Sozomen
Sozomen (400–450)
education, monastic contacts 395–420
- ינ
Zemirot Yisrael
R. Yisrael Najara (1555–1625)
Av Beit Din of Gaza 1615–1625
- אא
Avraham Azulai
Abraham Azulai (1570–1643)
wrote 1619–1625
- שצ
Shabbetai Tzvi
Shabbetai Tzvi (the false messiah) (1626–1676)
declared messiah 1665–1666
- נע
Nathan of Gaza
Nathan of Gaza (Avraham Nathan ben Elisha Ashkenazi) (1643–1680)
prophet 1664–1666