Joel Serkes

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Joel Serkes (also Sirkis or Sirkes ; * 1561 in Lublin ; † 1640 in Cracow ) was a Jewish scholar and decisor , best known for his work bajit chadasch (abbreviated BaCH; "new house"), commentary on the door of Jacob b. Ashtray .

He also wrote responses and talmudic commentaries. He rejected philosophy as well as the Pilpul method and instead preferred the study of Kabbalah .

Literature (selection)

  • Isaak Münz, article SERKES, JO'EL ben SAMUEL Segal Jaffe , in: Jüdisches Lexikon IV / 2, 378–379, Berlin 1927 (further literature is given there)
  • Max Jonah Routtenberg:  SIRKES, JOEL. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 18, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865946-6 , p. 644 (English).
  • Elijah Judah Schochet: Bach B Rabbi Joel Sirkes: His Life, Works, and Times , Feldheim, Jerusalem - New York 1971.

Web links

  • Elijah J. Schochet: Art. Sirkes, Yo'el , in: Gershon David Hundert (ed.): YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe , New York 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Serkes, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar and dean
DATE OF BIRTH 1561
PLACE OF BIRTH Lublin
DATE OF DEATH 1640
Place of death Krakow