A report on Moses Isserles
Eminent Polish Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law).
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Halakha
10 linksCollective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
Collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
The works of Rabbi Moshe Isserles ("Rema"; Kraków, Poland, 1525 to 1572). Isserles noted that the Shulchan Aruch was based on the Sephardic tradition, and he created a series of glosses to be appended to the text of the Shulkhan Aruch for cases where Sephardi and Ashkenazi customs differed (based on the works of Yaakov Moelin, Israel Isserlein, and Israel Bruna). The glosses are called ha-Mapah ("the Tablecloth"). His comments are now incorporated into the body of all printed editions of the Shulchan Aruch, typeset in a different script; today, "Shulchan Aruch" refers to the combined work of Karo and Isserles. Isserles' Darkhei Moshe is similarly a commentary on the Tur and the Beit Yosef.
Shulchan Aruch
9 linksMost widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
The halachic rulings in the Shulchan Aruch generally follow Sephardic law and customs, whereas Ashkenazi Jews generally follow the halachic rulings of Moses Isserles, whose glosses to the Shulchan Aruch note where the Sephardic and Ashkenazi customs differ.
History of the Jews in Poland
2 linksThe history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.
Moses Isserles (1520–1572), an eminent Talmudist of the 16th century, established his yeshiva in Kraków.
Remah Synagogue
2 links16th-century Jewish temple and the smallest of all historic synagogues in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland.
16th-century Jewish temple and the smallest of all historic synagogues in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland.
The synagogue is named after Rabbi Moses Isserles (c.1525–1572), known by the Hebrew acronym ReMA (רמ״א, pronounced ReMU) who's famed for writing a collection of commentaries and additions that complement Rabbi Yosef Karo's Shulchan Aruch, with Ashkenazi traditions and customs.
Ashkenazi Jews
4 linksAshkenazi Jews (יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, ; אַשכּנזישע ייִדן), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE.
Ashkenazi Jews (יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, ; אַשכּנזישע ייִדן), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE.
Differences are noted in the Shulkhan Arukh itself, in the gloss of Moses Isserles.
Shalom Shachna
2 linksShalom Shachna (c.
Shalom Shachna (c.
1510 – 1558) was a rabbi and Talmudist, and Rosh yeshiva of several great Acharonim including Moses Isserles, who was also his son-in-law.
Minhag
4 linksAccepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism.
Accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism.
In numerous instances, Rabbi Moses Isserles warns that one should not abolish long-held customs.
Solomon Luria
3 linksOne of the great Ashkenazic poskim (decisors of Jewish law) and teachers of his time.
One of the great Ashkenazic poskim (decisors of Jewish law) and teachers of his time.
Maharshal, famously, objected to Isserles's method of presenting halakhic rulings without discussing their derivation.
Joseph Karo
3 linksThe author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
The author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
The Italian Azariah dei Rossi, though his views differed widely from Karo's, collected money among the rich Italian Jews for the purpose of having a work of Karo's printed; and Moses Isserles compelled the recognition of one of Karo's decisions at Kraków, although he had questions on the ruling.
Israel ben Josef
1 linksWealthy Jewish merchant, banker, and Talmudist who settled in Kraków in 1519, following the expulsion of the Jews from the German city of Regensburg.
Wealthy Jewish merchant, banker, and Talmudist who settled in Kraków in 1519, following the expulsion of the Jews from the German city of Regensburg.
He was the father of Moses Isserles and the founder of the Remah Synagogue in Kazimierz, now a district of Kraków, built in 1553 on land owned by Israel ben Josef.