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Moshe Galante Mogein

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Rabbi Moshe ben Yonatan Galante [5449], was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe ben Mordechai Galente. He moved from Tsfat to Jerusalem around the year 5415 (1655 C.E.), where he became the Chief Rabbi of the city and was known as "Rav HaMogein." He also founded a large yeshiva there, and was succeeded as its head by his main student, the great rabbinical suthority known as the "Pri Chadash."

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