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Israel ben Meir di Curiel (1501 - 1573) was a influential 16th-century rabbi at Safed. He was a disciple of Joseph Fasi in Adrianople and also stayed for a time in Constantinople. In Safed he studied under Isaac Luria and Jacob Berab, by whom he was subsequently ordained. He served together with Joseph Karo and Moses Trani on the Safed beth din (law court). Di Curiel's students included Mordechai HaKohen of Safed and Bezalel Ashkenazi. An outstanding preacher in his time, his homilies were collected and published, in addition to his Or Ẓaddikim (Salonica 1799). The renowned poet Israel Najara was his grandson.

References

1. Jacob Culi (1978). The Passover Haggadah MeAm loʻez. Moznaim Pub. Corp. p. 253. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. ^ Curiel, Israel ben Meir di, Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2008.

• Rabbis in Safed
• Kabbalists
• 16th-century rabbis
• Rabbis in Ottoman and British Palestine