MOSES BEN JACOB OF COUCY — (13th century), French scholar and tosafist. His father Jacob is mentioned a number of times in the printed tosafot (Kid. 43b; et al.). Moses was the maternal grandson of the tosafist Ḥayyim ha Kohen and brother in law of samson of coucy . His… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses ben Jacob of Coucy — (Hebrew: משה בן יעקב מקוצי) was a French Tosafist and authority on Halakha (Jewish law). He is best known as author of one of the earliest codifications of Halakha, the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol. Biography Moses of Coucy lived in the first half of the… … Wikipedia
SAMSON BEN SAMSON OF COUCY — (called ha sar mi Coucy; 13th century), French tosafist. Samson, a descendant of joseph bonfils , belonged to a distinguished family of French scholars. Judah of Corbeil was his uncle and moses of Coucy his brother in law. He was one of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA BEN JACOB — (d. 1664), talmudic scholar of Lithuania and Poland. His father was rabbi of the community of Brest Litovsk and head of its yeshivah, where Abraham Joshua became a teacher as a young man. In 1630 his father was appointed rabbi of Lublin and head… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEZEKIAH BEN JACOB — (of Magdeburg; 13th century), tosafist. Hezekiah, one of the last of the tosafists, was apparently a pupil of Samson of Coucy and eliezer b. joel ha levi . His appointment as reader of the Magdeburg community while still in his youth aroused… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JOSHUA HOESCHEL BEN JACOB — (1595–1663), Polish rabbi, also called the Rebbi Reb Hoeschel. Joshua Hoeschel was apparently born in Lublin. He studied under his father jacob b. ephraim naphtali hirsch . Because of his many talents, his father brought him into the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil — (13th century) (Hebrew: יצחק בן יוסף מקורבי ל) was a French rabbi and Tosefist who flourished in the second half of the thirteenth century. He was the son in law of R. Jehiel ben Joseph of Paris, whose school he attended, and the pupil of the… … Wikipedia
Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg — See Judah he Hasid for other people who used this name. Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg (12th 13th centuries), also called He Hasid or the Pious in Hebrew, was the initiator of the Chassidei Ashkenaz, a movement of Jewish mysticism in Germany.… … Wikipedia
BARUCH BEN ISAAC OF WORMS — (late 12th–early 13th century), German tosafist. Although Baruch lived in Worms, he probably came from France and is sometimes referred to as Ha Zarefati ( the Frenchman ). Baruch was a pupil of isaac b. samuel the Elder of Dampierre, and after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LURIA, SOLOMON BEN JEHIEL — (1510?–1574), posek and talmudic commentator (known as Rashal or Maharshal = Morenu ha Rav Shelomo Luria). Few biographical details are known of him. He was probably born in Poznan (Poland). His family was related to many of the important… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
