Avigdor Kohen ben Elijah

Avigdor Kohen ben Elija , also called Avigdor ben Elija of Vienna (* around 1200 in Italy ; died around 1275 in Vienna ), was a famous Talmud scholar in Italy and Austria in the 13th century.

Life

Avigdor ben Elija was born in Italy and enjoyed a good education as a student of Simcha bar Samuel von Speyer and Eleazar bar Samuel von Verona. He worked in Verona , Mantua and Ferrara and had his own well-attended Talmud school there, then traveled to Marburg and stayed there until Isaac ben Mose , the rabbi of Vienna, died. Determined as his successor, he was asked to work in the Jewish community in Vienna . This period is generally considered to be the heyday of the Viennese community and so Avigdor ben Elija also became an important rabbinical figure of the Middle Ages. He introduced the Italian and German Talmuds in Austria and was one of the teachers of Meir von Rothenburg . He was therefore often visited and praised by leading scholars.

Works

He wrote numerous responsa , ie " Sche'elot u teschuvot" (collections of responses , questions and answers during judicial processes or for halachic matters). Many of the responses have been reproduced in the collection of responses by Meir von Rothenburg, Haggahot Maimonijot . He also wrote commentaries on the Torah and the Megillot as well as Tosafos on Ketubot and on Shir ha-Shirim .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Avigdor ben Elijah Ha-Kohen | Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Ronald L. Eisenberg: Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship . Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7657-0995-0 ( google.at [accessed June 10, 2020]).