Israel Bruna
Israel Bruna Ben Hayyim (* 1400 in Brno , † 1480 in Prague ) was a Jewish scholar and Posek and at that time the most important rabbinical authority in Germany . He was also known as Mahari Bruna , the Hebrew acronym for "Our Teacher the Rabbi, Israel Bruna".
He was born in Brno, in Moravia . He studied with the most important Ashkenazi rabbis of his time: Jakob Weil and Israel Isserlein , who ordained him . They spoke highly of him: "He was a brilliant student who devoted himself completely, body and soul, to the study of the Talmud ." He then became rabbi in his hometown. After the Jews were expelled from Brno in 1454, he settled in Regensburg in Bavaria.
In 1474 the nationally known Rabbi Israel Bruna was charged with an alleged ritual murder. From the resulting imprisonment, despite the baselessness of the allegations, he was only released after an intervention by Emperor Friedrich III. dismiss. Then he left Regensburg and went to Prague to his son, where he died.
Bruna was a believer in the Pilpul Method .
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- Israel Bruna Ben Hayyim , jewishencyclopedia.com
- Rabbi Israel Brunna , chabad.org
- Mahari Bruna , chaburas.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Herde: Regensburg (Ortschaftsartikel) , in: Arye Maimon, Mordechai Breuer (ed.): Germania Judaica Volume III, 2nd Part, Tübingen 1995, pp. 1178 - 1229, here p. 1193.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bruna, Israel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bruna Ben Hayyim, Israel (full name); Bruna, Mahari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1480 |
| Place of death | regensburg |