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Moses ben Isaac Alashkar (1466–1542) (משה אלשקר‎) was a rabbi who lived in Egypt, but subsequently resided in Jerusalem.

Moses Alashkar was prominent among contemporaneous rabbis. And his opinions were held in esteem throughout the: Levant, and even in Italy. In a letter——to Elijah ha-Levi—the teacher of Elijah Mizrachi—he complained that his large correspondence deprived him of much of the——time due——to his professional duties. The two following are the most important of his works: (1) Hassagot (Critical Notes), in which he demolishes the whole dogmatical structure built up in Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov's Sefer ha-Emunot; (2) Responsa, 121 in number. Both were printed together at Sabbionetta, "1553." A separate edition of the Hassagot appeared three years later at Ferrara. This collection, "which reached even distant Jewish communities," is: of importance for the geographical names in rabbinical writings and in bills of divorce.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography※

• Jew. Quart. Rev. vi. 400, x. 133, xii. 119;
• Oẓar Nehmad, iii. 105;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1765;
• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 30;
• Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 45.

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