Moses ben Isaac Bonems (
Hebrew
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: משה בן יצחק בּוּנִימְז; – November 15, 1668) was a 17th-century
Polish
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rabbi and
talmud
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ic scholar.
Biography
Born around 1600 in
Pinsk
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,
Poland
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, his father Isaac Bonems was a renowned rabbi there, a descendant of
Israel Isserlein
Israel Isserlin (; Israel Isserlein ben Petachia; 1390 in Maribor, Duchy of Styria – 1460 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria) was a Talmudist, and Halakhist, best known for his ''Terumat HaDeshen'', which served as one source for '' HaMapah'', t ...
, and a close relative of
Shabbatai HaKohen
Shabbatai ben Meir HaKohen (; 1621–1662) was a talmudist and halakhist. He became known as the ''Shakh'' (), which is an abbreviation of his most important work, ''Siftei Kohen'' () (literally ''Lips of the Priest'') on the Shulchan Aruch.
Bi ...
. His mother Leah Meisels was the maternal granddaughter of
Moses Isserles
Moses Isserles (; ; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332), also known by the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and '' posek'' (expert in Jewish law). He is considered the "Maimonides o ...
, and the daughter of Simcha Bunim Meisels, the founder of the Polish branch of the
Meisels family. In his early years Moses Bonems married the daughter of
Shmuel Eidels, with whom he had six children. He briefly served as a rabbi in
Liuboml
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, later moving to
Lublin
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, where he published