Mordechai Jaffe

Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe was a rabbi, rosh yeshiva, and respected authority on Jewish law in several European communities in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He is known for his ten-part work, Levush Malkhut, which includes volumes on Jewish law, philosophy, biblical interpretation, and kabbalah. Each volume has an independent title, with the word “Levush” (garment) followed by a descriptive term from Esther 8:15–16.