 Shimon Lavi

Shimon Lavi (, also Shimon ibn Lavi, , anglicized as Simeon Labi, 1486–1585) was a Sephardi Hakham, kabbalist, physician, astronomer, and poet.He is credited with the founding of religious institutions and the revival of Torah study in Tripoli, Libya, in the mid-sixteenth century, where he served as spiritual leader and "dayan" (rabbinical court judge) for more than three decades.