Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry
- Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry
(d. 1105)
French scholar. He was a pupil of Rashi. He compiled the Mahzor Vitry, which is regarded as an author-itative source for the prayerbook, synagogue customs and the hymnology of medieval French Jewry.
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