Moses ben Isaac Alashkar (1466–1542) () was a rabbi who lived in
Egypt
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, but subsequently resided in
Jerusalem
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.
Moses Alashkar was prominent among contemporaneous rabbis, and his opinions were held in esteem throughout the
Levant
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, and even in
Italy
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. In a letter to
Elijah ha-Levi
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books o ...
—the teacher of
Elijah Mizrachi
Elijah Mizrachi ( he, אליהו מזרחי) (c. 1455 – 1525 or 1526) was a Talmudist and posek, an authority on Halakha, and a mathematician. He is best known for his ''Sefer ha-Mizrachi'', a supercommentary on Rashi's commentary on the To ...
—he complained that his large correspondence deprived him of much of the time due to his professional duties. The two following are the most important of his works: (1) ''Hassagot'' (Critical Notes), in which he demolishes the whole dogmatical structure built up in
Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov's ''Sefer ha-Emunot''; (2) ''Responsa,'' 121 in number. Both were printed together at Sabbionetta, 1553. A separate edition of the ''Hassagot'' appeared three years later at Ferrara. This collection, which reached even distant Jewish communities, is of importance for the geographical names in
rabbinical writings
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and in
bills of divorce.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
*
Jew. Quart. Rev.
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vi. 400, x. 133, xii. 119;
*Oẓar Nehmad, iii. 105;
*
Steinschneider
Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...
, Cat. Bodl. col. 1765;
*
Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 30;
*
Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim
Heimann (Hayyim) Michael (April 12, 1792 – June 10, 1846) was a Hebrew bibliographer born at Hamburg. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and rec ...
, No. 45.
References
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1466 births
1542 deaths
16th-century rabbis in Jerusalem
15th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
Rabbis in Ottoman Syria
Exponents of Jewish law