Shalom Buzaglo

Shalom Ben Moses Buzaglo (Hebrew: בוזאגלו, שלום בן משה) (also Buzagli, Buzaglio) (c. 1700 – 1780) was a Moroccan kabbalist born in Marrakesh and filling the position of Dayan (rabbinic judge).

Owing to voyages in the Orient made in his capacity of collector of alms for the relief of the poor in Palestine, he became acquainted with the chief Kabbalists of the period.

Although his Kabbalistic works bear his name on the title-page, they are merely compilations of teachings attributed to Isaac Luria and Hayyim ben Joseph Vital.

It has been stated that Buzaglo took part in the discussion, which arose among many Kabbalists, as to whether Jews should be allowed to undergo vaccination, which had been discovered shortly before that day.

[1] He authored a number of commentaries on Zohar: He is buried in novo cemetery behind the Queen Mary University of London.