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David HaLevi Segal
Person · 1586–1667 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Vladimir · 7 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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Isaac of Troki
Person · 1533–1594 · Author, Karäer, Rabbiner · Troki · 7 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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Joel Serkes
Person · 1561–1640 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lublin · 7 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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Jomtow Lipmann Heller
Person · 1579–1654 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Wallerstein · 7 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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Mose Alschech
Person · 1508–1600 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Edirne (Turkey) · 7 sources
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Salomo Luria
Person · 1510–1573 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poznan · 7 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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Samuel Edels
Person · 1555–1631 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 7 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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Adarbi, Yitsḥaḳ ben Shemuʾel
Person · 1510–1584 · Author, Lehrer, Prediger · Thessaloniki · 6 sources
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Azaria dei Rossi
Person · 1511–1578 · Arzt, Author, Gelehrter · Mantua · 6 sources
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Gans, Daṿid ben Shelomoh
Person · 1541–1613 · Astronom, Author, Historiker · Lippstadt · 6 sources
(1541–1613), chronicler, astronomer, mathematician, and teacher. David Gans was born into a well-to-do merchant family in Westphalia. As a youth he studied with Mosheh Isserles, the renowned head of the Kraków yeshiva. G…
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Hôrôwîṣ, Sabbetay Šefṭl
Person · 1565–1619 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Prague · 6 sources
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Isaac Luria
Person · 1534–1572 · Author, Rabbi, religious leader · Jerusalem? · 6 sources
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Isaiah Horowitz
Person · 1565–1630 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lvov · 6 sources
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Israel Nadschara
Person · 1555–1625 · Author, Rabbi, poet · Safed · 6 sources
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Isserles, Moše
Person · 1520–1572 · Author, Philosoph, Rabbi · Krakau · 6 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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Joseph Mitrani
Person · 1568–1639 · Author, Rabbi · Zefat · 6 sources
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Joseph Salomo Delmedigo
Person · 1591–1655 · Author, Mathematiker, Philosoph · Heraklion · 6 sources
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Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Person · 1525–1609 · Author, Philosoph, Rabbi · Poznań (Poland) · 6 sources
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Lublin, Mē'îr Ben-Gedalyā
Person · 1558–1616 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Lublin · 6 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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Lunṭshits, Shelomoh Efrayim
Person · 1550–1619 · Author, Rabbi · Leczyca · 6 sources
(1550–1619), rabbi, preacher, exegete, and moralist. Efrayim Shelomoh ben Aharon of Luntshits (Pol., Łęczyca) was a student of Shelomoh Luria. As a young man, Efrayim developed a reputation as an outstanding preacher. He…
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