Rabbi Samuel ben Isaac de Uçeda (also Shmuel de Uzeda)[1] 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 (Iggeret Shmuel), a commentary and supercommentary on the
Book of Ruth (published in 1557; together with the text and the commentary of
Rashi,
Kuru Chesme, 1597; Amsterdam, 1712; Zolkiev, 1800);
Leḥem Dim'ah (Lekhem Dim'ah), a commentary on
Lamentations, with the text and the commentary of Rashi (Venice, 1600; Amsterdam, 1710, 1715);