Sabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen

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Sabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen

Sabbatai ben Meïr ha-Kohen (* 1621 in Amstibovo, Lithuania ( Polish Mścibów, Belarus Mstibava ( Мсьцібава ) today in Belarus ); † February 20, 1662 in Holešov in Moravia ), often with the acronym SchaCh , after his first work Sifte ha -Kohen , designated, was a Jewish scholar, Talmudist, and decisor .

Life

Sabbatai ha-Kohen came from a Lithuanian family of scholars; both his father and grandfather were rabbis . Sabbatai was first taught by his father, later he studied at the Talmud schools in Tykocin , Krakow and Lublin . At the age of 24 he published his most important work, Sifte ha-Kohen , in Krakow , at the same time as Ture Sahaw , the main work of his adversary David ben Samuel ha-Levi . Sabbatai returned to Vilnius, married the daughter of the wealthy Samson Wolf, a grandson of Moses Isserle , who supported him financially. In 1650 he was appointed judge in the rabbinical court of Moses Lima.

1655, when the Swedish troops in the Second Northern War in Vilnius invaded, Sabbatai fled to Lublin, shortly after Prague and on to Moravia . He was eventually called to Holešov as a rabbi, where he worked until his death.

The synagogue there, dating from the 16th century and expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries, is named after him. It is now a museum. Sabbatai's grave in Holešov's Jewish cemetery is visited by visitors from all over the world.

Works

Sabbatai wrote several halachic scriptures and also dealt with the Kabbalah . His commentaries on the Talmud are still an important part of studying the Talmud today. His most famous work is Sifte ha-Kohen ("Lips of the Priest"), a commentary on Shulchan Aruch . He also wrote a representation of the Cossack uprising under Chmielnicki .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Bass: Shabetai ben Me'ir ha-Kohen article in: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe , 2 volumes, Yale University Press, New Haven 2008 (English). Retrieved September 22, 2010
  2. ^ Shlomo Eidelberg: Shabbetai ben Meir Ha-Kohen Article in: Encyclopaedia Judaica . Edited by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd Edition, Volume 18. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007 pp. 338-339. online: Gale Virtual Reference Library (English)
  3. ↑ Chess Synagogue in Holešov
personal data
SURNAME Sabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH Mstibava
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1662
Place of death Holešov