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1. Mose Alschech

   Person · 1508–1600 · Rabbi, Rabbiner, Rabbis · Edirne (Turkey) · 12 sources

   Jüd. Gelehrter aus Palästina; Rabbi, Bibelexeget

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2. Joseph Mitrani

   Person · 1568–1639 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Safad · 11 sources

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3. David HaLevi Segal

   Person · 1586–1667-01-31 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Vladimir · 10 sources

   (Taz; 1586–1667), rabbi, author, and head of yeshiva. The life of David ben Shemu’el ha-Levi, better known as Taz (after the initial letters of his Ture zahav [Rows of Gold], commentary upon the Shulḥan ‘arukh), spanned …

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4. Isaac of Troki

   Person · 1533–1594 · Karäer, Karäer, Rabbiner · Troki · 10 sources

   (1533–1594; according to others: 1525–1586), Karaite scholar who was born and lived in the Lithuanian town of Trakai. Yitsḥak ben Avraham wrote several compositions on Karaite ritual law (a collection of responsa on ritu…

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5. Joel Serkes

   Person · 1561–1640 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lublin · 10 sources

   (1561–1640), one of the foremost Talmudic scholars and halakhists of Poland, better known by the acronym Baḥ, after the abbreviation of his Bayit ḥadash commentary. Sirkes was born in Lublin to a distinguished rabbinic f…

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6. Salomo Luria

   Person · 1510–1573 · Rabbi, Rabbiner, Talmudist · Poznan · 10 sources

   (1510?–1573), rabbi, legal authority (posek), and head of yeshivas in Brisk (Brest Litovsk), Ostraha (Ostróg), and Lublin. In traditional literature, Shelomoh Luria is known by the acronym Maharshal or Rashal, and is mos…

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7. Samuel Edels

   Person · 1555–1631 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 10 sources

   (1555–1631), rabbinical scholar and interpreter of the Talmud. Known as Maharsha—an acronym for “Our teacher, (the) Rabbi Shemu’el Edels (Adels)”—Edels was born in Kraków. He was a descendant of Yehudah Ḥasid on his fath…

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8. Shabbethai Sheftel Horowitz

   Person · 1565–1619 · Arzt, Gelehrter, Rabbi · Prague · 10 sources

   wirkte in Prag als Arzt und Synagogenvorsteher; Verfasser kabbalistischer Schriften

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9. Bezalel, Chajim ben

   Person · 1530–1588 · Rabbiner · Posen · 9 sources

   Rabbiner und Gelehrter, älterer Bruder des Yudah Loew aus Prague (Maharal). Geb. in Posen, studierte bei Isaac Sepharadi in Posen und zs. mit Moses Isserles an der Yeshiva von Shalom Shakhna in Lublin, wurde später Rab…

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10. Isaiah Horowitz

    Person · 1565–1630 · Gelehrter, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Prag · 9 sources

    Talmudgelehrter und Kabbalist; wirkte als Rabbiner in den bedeutenden jüdischen Gemeinden seiner Zeit wie Posen, Krakau, Frankfurt am Main (1606-1614) und Prag; zog 1621 nach dem Tod seiner (ersten) Frau ins Heilige Lan…

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11. Jakob Aschkenasi aus Janow

    Person · 1550–1623 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Janow Lubelski · 9 sources

    Jidd. Gelehrter und Schriftsteller aus Janow(e)

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12. Jomtow Lipmann Heller

    Person · 1579–1654 · Rabbi, Rabbiner, Talmudist · Wallerstein · 9 sources

    (1578–1654), Talmudic scholar. Born in Wallerstein, North Swabia, Yom Tov Lipmann Heller was a disciple of Maharal of Prague. A member of the rabbinic court of that city from about 1598 to 1624, Heller held the posts of …

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13. Joseph Salomo Delmedigo

    Person · 1591–1655 · Mathematiker, Philosoph, Rabbi · Heraklion · 9 sources

    Kret. Rabbi, Philosoph, Mathematiker u. Astronom

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14. Judah ben Samuel Lerma

    Person · 1580–1642 · Rabbiner · 9 sources

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15. Judah Loew ben Bezalel

    Person · 1525–1609 · Philosoph, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poznań (Poland) · 9 sources

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16. Meir Lublin

    Person · 1558–1616 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lublin · 9 sources

    (1558–1616), rabbinical scholar and authority. Me’ir ben Gedalyah of Lublin, known as Maharam (an acronym for “Our teacher, the Rabbi Me’ir”) or Maharam of Lublin, was a major figure in the Golden Era of Torah study in P…

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17. Mordecai Yoffe

    Person · 1535–1612 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Prague · 9 sources

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18. Moses Isserles

    Person · 1520–1572-05-01 · Philosoph, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Krakau · 9 sources

    (1520?–1572), rabbi and yeshiva head in Kraków, considered one of the greatest Ashkenazic legalists; known by the acronym Rema’. Mosheh Isserles studied with his father, a leader of the Kraków community, but his principa…

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19. Moshe ben Avraham of Przemyśl

    Person · 1551–1606 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Przemysl · 9 sources

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20. Nathan Nata Spira

    Person · 1585–1633 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lublin · 9 sources

    (1585–1633), rabbi, preacher, and kabbalist. Natan Note Spira (also Natan Nata Shapira) was born to a rabbinical family and was named after his grandfather, a rabbi in Grodno who was the author of Mavo she‘arim (1575) an…

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