Person
Rabbi Elisha Gallico רבי אלישע גליקו
the Safed expositor of the Megillot from the Ramak's circle
Sixteenth-century Safed is a small place: on one street Karo, the Ramak, Alkabetz, the Mabit, the Ari. Gallico belongs to that circle: he learned from the Ramak, sat in the court, kept his own yeshiva, and left students rather than fame.
He wrote on the Megillot—the scrolls read at the festivals and known by heart. His commentary grew out of preaching: he spoke to the city, and spoke so that men wrote it down. The books came out after his death, by the care of his son and his students.
The sources give no exact years; the window follows his circle of teachers and the printings of his books—and so it is said.
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Sources
Acharonim and later rabbinic literature
- Gallico's commentaries on Kohelet, Esther and the Song of Songs — his commentary on the Megillot; printed by his students
Scholarship
- The standard reference works and encyclopedias — the Ramak's circle and the Safed court; the window from teachers and printings
Basis: Talmud and midrash.