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Bayla Falk () was a woman of
Bayla Falk () was a woman of Talmud
The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...
ic learning. She was born in Lemberg
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about the middle of the sixteenth century, and died at an advanced age at Jerusalem
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.
Biography
Bayla Falk was a daughter of the philanthropist and head of the community at Lemberg, Israel Edels, and wife of the well-knownTalmud
The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...
ist Joshua Falk
Yehoshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk (1555 – 29 March 1614) was a Polish Halakhist and Talmudist, best known as the author of the ''Drisha'' and ''Prisha'' commentaries on the ''Arba'ah Turim'' as well as ''Sefer Me'irat Enayim'' (סמ"ע) on ...
, author of the ''Sefer Me'irat 'Enayim''. She moved to Jerusalem after her husband's death in 1614.
Bayla had a strong inclination toward Talmudic studies, and gave some decisions on certain difficult ''halakhic
''Halakha'' ( ; , ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. ''Halakha'' is based on biblical commandments (''mitzv ...
'' cases. One of these was that on festivals the festive blessing over the lights should be said before and not after the lights are kindled.Landau, Ezekiel. ''Dagul me-Rebabah'' to '' Shulḥan 'Arukh'', '' Oraḥ Ḥayyim''. Chapter 12.
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