Yehoshua Höschel

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Yehoshua Höschel ben Joseph (born around 1578 in Vilnius ; died on August 16, 1648 in Krakow ) was a Talmudist .

Life

Yehoshua Höschel was born in Vilnius . The year of birth is unknown. He went to Vladimir to R. Samuel ben Phoebus and to Lemberg to Rabbi Jehoschua Falk . Yehoshua Höschel became rabbi in Grodno , then in Przemyśl and in 1639 in Lemberg . In 1640 he became head of the yeshiva in Krakow , where he exerted a great influence on students such as Shabbatai ha-Kohen . He died in 1648.

Works

  • Maginne Schelomo , Amsterdam 1715, Commentaries on the Talmud
  • She'elot u-Teschubot Pene Yehoshua , Amsterdam 1715, Lemberg 1860

literature

personal data
SURNAME Höschel, Yehoshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Talmudist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1578
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilnius
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1648
Place of death Krakow