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This Shabbos marks the 245th anniversary of the passing of the Mekubal Harav Moshe Dovid Valli who died on the seventh day of the month of Teves in the year 1777.

Rabbi Moshe David Valli, also known as Ramdu, was a notable Jewish figure from Italy who lived in the city of Padua. He was a commentator, physician and scholar. He was a colleague of Ramchal as they received Semicha at the same time. Some sources claim that Rabbi Valli was Ramchal's mentor in Kabbalah at the beginning of his studies. While Ramchal traveled to Amsterdam, he asked Rabbi Valli to serve as the head of his Chabura (study group) in his absence. In addition to his religious studies, Rabbi Valli studied medicine at the University of Padua. He wrote a treatise in Italian on Christianity titled "I Sette Giorni della Verit" and also authored dozens of sefarim on the entire Tanach.

His sefarim interpret the…