Solomon Luria
Solomon ben Jechiel Luria ( Salomon Luria, Salomo Luria of Lublin, Schlomo Luria, acronym MahaRSchaL or Raschal ; * around 1510 in Brest-Litovsk or Posen ; died November 7, 1573 in Lublin ) was a Jewish scholar and rabbinical authority, Hebrew Posek (פּוֹסֵק), the later period, referred to as Acharonim (אַחֲרוֹנִים).
Luria, about whose life little is known, came from a Jewish family of scholars from Worms . He grew up in Posen and was tutored by his maternal grandfather, Isaak Klauber. He worked as a rabbi and head of the yeshiva in Ostrog and Brest-Litovsk and then in Lublin, where he founded his own yeshiva in 1567.
Luria was known as an independent thinker who, in his responses , did not shrink from criticizing the scholars of his time and used his own method of interpreting the law. He took a decidedly Ashkenazi stance, strictly rejected the Pilpul practiced in Poland in the yeshivot , ignored the recently published Shulchan Aruch and spoke out against the study of philosophy. His criticism of the text of the Talmudic editions found its way into the printed editions of the Babylonian Talmud , which included his corrections.
Luria's works are only partially preserved, including his best-known work, his Talmudic commentary Jam Schel Schlomo , German "Salomons Meer" (published from 1616). Other works are: the glosses of the Talmud text Chochmat Schlomo , German "Salomons Weisheit" (published 1582 or 1587), Amudei Schlomo , German "Salomons Pfeiler" (published 1600) and others. His responses, published in Lublin as early as 1574/75, are also an important historical testimony to the culture of the Jews of Lithuania and Poland in the 16th century.
Luria died in Lublin in 1573 (according to other sources in 1574). In his honor, the largest synagogue in the city was named "Maharschal Synagogue".
Web links
- Bernhard Friedberg: Solomon b. Jehiel Luria Article in: Jewish Encyclopedia , accessed June 30, 2010
- Meir Raffeld: Luria, Shelomoh ben Yeḥi'el Article in: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe , 2 volumes, Yale University Press, New Haven 2008, (English)
- Israel Ta-Shma, David Derovan: Article Luria, Solomon ben Jehiel. In: Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.): Encyclopaedia Judaica . Volume 13, 2nd Edition, Macmillan Reference, Detroit USA 2007, pp. 268–269 Online (for subscribers) (English)
- Maharshal Synagogue . Jewish life in Europe beyond the metropolises
Individual evidence
- ↑ Majer Balaban : The Jewish City of Lublin; Lublin, 1919
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luria, Solomon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luria, Solomon ben Jechiel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1510 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brest-Litovsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1573 |
| Place of death | Lublin |