Samuel Edels
Samuel Edels ( Samuel Elieser b. Juda Edels ; * 1555 in Cracow ; died 1631 in Ostrog ) was a Jewish scholar, Talmud commentator and rabbi in Lublin and Ostrog. He is also known as the Maharscha . It is an acronym of the Hebrew מהרש"א, which means: "Our teacher, the Rabbi Samuel Edels".
His parents came from respected rabbinical families. The father Yehuda was a well-known Talmudist and his mother was a cousin of the famous Maharal of Prague . As a young man he moved to Posen, where he married the daughter of Moses Ashkenazi Heilpern . He held a position as a rabbi in Chelm . In 1614 he became rabbi in Lublin and in 1625 in Ostrog, where he founded a large yeshiva . At a rabbinical meeting in Lublin in 1590, Samuel Edels signed a herem against the purchase of rabbinical posts. Samuel Edels Chiddushei Halachot are analytical commentaries on the Talmud , on Talmud commentaries ( Tosafot ) and on the commentaries of Shlomo Jizchaki . His Talmudic commentaries are among the classics of Talmudic literature, are highly regarded and are included in almost all Talmudic editions.
Works (selection)
- Chiddushe Maharscha ("The Novellas of the Noble"), often included in the Talmud editions
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica , Volume VI (Dr-Feu), Thomson Gale, 2nd ed., Detroit, 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865934-3 , p. 143
- ↑ Norman Solomon: The A to Z of Judaism , Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-5555-7 , p. 102
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edels, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maharscha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Rabbi and Talmudist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1555 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1631 |
| Place of death | Ostrog |