Jakob Weil
Jakob ben Jehuda Weil from Weil der Stadt in Württemberg was a German-Jewish Talmudist who lived and worked around 1400 and was the progenitor of the Ashkenazi family of the same name .
Among other things, he wrote Sh'chitot u-W'dikot ("Slaughter and Investigation", first edition Prague 1549), a widespread manual on the Schechita .
Jakob Weil was a supporter of the Pilpul method .
Literature (selection)
- Jewish Lexicon , Berlin 1927, Volume IV / 2
- John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 851.
- Jacob Zallel Lauterbach et al .: Weil, Jacob. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906. Retrieved May 11, 2010
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| SURNAME | Because, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Because, Jacob ben Jehuda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Because of the city , Württemberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |