Joseph Trani (1568–1639) or Joseph di Trani was a

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of the latter part of the 16th century who lived in

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. By contemporary scholars he was called Mahrimat (), and regarded as one of the foremost Talmudists of his time. Today he is more widely known as Maharit (Hebrew: ). He is the son of the Mabit. He was the author of ''She'elot u-Teshubot'' (

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), a work in three parts: part i comprises 152 ''

'', together with a general index (Constantinople, 1641); part ii consists of 111 ''responsa'' in the order of the first three parts of the ritual codex (Venice, 1645); part iii contains ''responsa'' to the fourth part of the ritual codex, together with ''novellæ'' to the tractate ''

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,'' and supercommentaries on

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's and Alfasi's commentaries on the tractates ''

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'' and ''Ḳiddushin'' (ib. 1645). The entire work appeared in

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in 1764. Joseph also published ''novellæ'' to the treatises ''

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,'' ''Ketubot,'' and ''Kiddushin'' (Sudzilkov, 1802), and the ''responsa'' which were embodied in

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's ''Maggid me-Reshit'' (Constantinople, 1710). He left several commentaries in manuscript on Alfasi, on

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' ''

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,'' and on R. Nathan's ''Aruk''. In 2008, Trani's burial site was discovered in

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, near the grave of Rabbi

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Although the Maharit died and was buried in

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, his sons later transferred his remains to

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as he had requested so that he could be interred near his father, Moshe di Trani.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trani, Joseph 1538 births 1639 deaths 16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Greek rabbis Authors of books on Jewish law Shelichei derabonan (rabbis) Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Safed