Yehoshua Falk

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Yehoshua Falk ben Alexander ha-Kohen (born 1555 ; died March 29, 1614 in Lemberg ) was a Talmudist and Halachist in Lemberg.

Yehoshua Falk was a student of Moses Isserles and Solomon Luria . He became head of the yeshiva in Lemberg and a member of the Jewish council of four countries in Poland. His students included Jehoshua Höschel and Isaiah Horovitz .

Fonts

  • Beit Yisrael , Commentary on Arba'a Turim ( Tur )
  • Sefer Me'irat Einayim , Commentary on Choshen Mishpat (part of the Shulchan Aruch )
  • Sefer ha-Hosafa , Supplement to Darkei Mosche by Mosche Isserles , Dyhemfurth 1796
  • Kontres' al Diney Ribbit , Interpretations of Law, Sulzbach 1692
  • Novellae on Talmudic treatises

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personal data
SURNAME Falk, Yehoshua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yehoshua Falk ben Alexander ha-Kohen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Talmudist and Halachist
DATE OF BIRTH 1555
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1614
Place of death Lviv