Ashkenazi, Gershon

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Also known as (2 names)

–: Gershon (Ulif) Ashkenazi · Gershon Ashkenazi

Occupation: Rabbi

(1618–1693), rabbinical scholar and religious authority. Rabbi Gershon (Ulif) Ashkenazi was one of the greatest poskim (religious authorities or legal deciders) of his age. He was born in Ulf, Germany, studied under Rabbi Me’ir Schiff (Maharam Schiff) and subsequently moved to Poland to study with the leading religious scholars of Kraków: Yo’el Sirkes (known as Baḥ), Yehoshu‘a ben Yosef, and probably Yehoshu‘a Heshel as well. He was called “Ashkenazi” (Ashkenaz meaning, in its narrower sense, Germany) because of his place of origin.

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alternative label: Gershon Ashkenazi @en
preferred label: Ashkenazi, Gershon

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has abstract: (1618–1693), rabbinical scholar and religious authority. Rabbi Gershon (Ulif) Ashkenazi was one of the greatest poskim (religious authorities or legal deciders) of his age. He was born in Ulf, Germany, studied under Rabbi Me’ir Schiff (Maharam Schiff) and subsequently moved to Poland to study with the leading religious scholars of Kraków: Yo’el Sirkes (known as Baḥ), Yehoshu‘a ben Yosef, and probably Yehoshu‘a Heshel as well. He was called “Ashkenazi” (Ashkenaz meaning, in its narrower sense, Germany) because of his place of origin. @en
title: Ashkenazi, Gershon
alternative label: Gershon (Ulif) Ashkenazi
alternative label: Gershon Ashkenazi
preferred label: Ashkenazi, Gershon
has related: Ashkenaz
has related: About this Article (Kraków)
has related: Krochmal, Menaḥem Mendel ben Avraham
has related: Mikulov
has related: Mysticism and Mystical Literature
has related: About this Article (Poland)
has related: Prostějov
has related: Sabbatianism
has related: Shulḥan ‘arukh
has related: Sirkes, Yo’el
has related: About this Article (Yeshiva)

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