Rav Nosson Nota Shapira, (1585-1633) author of Megaleh Amukos and Ranav Ofanim. Son of Rav Shlomo Shapira, and descendent of Rav Matisyahu ben Yosef Treves of Provence (1325-1382) who was appointed Chief Rabbi of Paris by Charles the Fifth. Rav Nosson’s Yahrtzeit is the 13th of Av.
Rav Nosson Nota was a Kabbalist, and also the chief rabbi of Cracow. Rabbi Natan Neta disseminated the kabalistic teachings of the Ari in Poland. Thousands of people followed him as a teacher.
On the tomb stone of Rabbi Natan Neta, it says that "Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) spoke to him face to face."
Rabbi Nosson Nota is better known as 'Megaleh Amukos' – ‘revealer of the depths’, the title of his main work. In 'Megaleh Amukos' he writes 252 commentaries on Moshe's pleading before G-d to be allowed to enter the land of Israel (Parshas V’eschanan).
