Samuel ben Isaac de Uçeda
Rabbi Samuel ben Isaac de Uçeda was a Jewish commentator and preacher. Born at Safed in the first quarter of the sixteenth century, his name, Uçeda, originally was derived from the town Uceda in the archbishopric of Toledo. He was a pupil of Isaac Luria and Hayyim Vital, with whom he studied kabbalah, and became rabbi and preacher in Safed and, later, in Constantinople.Works
Samuel was the author of the following works:
- Iggeret Shemu'el, a commentary and supercommentary on the Book of Ruth ;
- Leḥem Dim'ah, a commentary on Lamentations, with the text and the commentary of Rashi ;
- Midrash Shemu'el, a detailed commentary on Pirkei Avot,. This work was his chief one, and included references to the commentaries of Jonah Gerondi, Meïr Abulafia, Samuel ben Meïr, Menahem Me'iri, Samuel ibn Sid, Joseph ibn Nahmias, Baruch ibn Melek, Joseph ibn Susan, Moses Almosnino, and others, most of which have since been printed.
