Moses of Évreux (רבי משה מאיוורא) was a French
tosafist
The Tosafot, Tosafos or Tosfot () are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes.
The authors of the Tosafot ...
, one of three brothers, and author of a
siddur
A siddur ( ''sīddūr'', ; plural siddurim ) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. The word comes from the Hebrew root , meaning 'order.'
Other terms for prayer books are ''tefillot'' () among Sephardi Jews, ''tef ...
, who flourished at
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.
History Antiquity
In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century AD, was named '' Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town ...
in Normandy in the first half of the thirteenth century. His father was Shneur of Évreux who left behind three children each of them outstanding scholars: Moses of Évreux,
Samuel of Évreux
Samuel of Évreux (שמעואל מאברוא) was a French tosafist of the thirteenth century, the younger brother and student of Moses of Évreux, author of the tosafot of Évreux. He is identified by Gross with Samuel ben Shneor (not ben Yom- ...
and Isaac of Évreux. Moses was the oldest brother and teacher of his younger brothers. They were collectively called "the sages of Évreux".
Heinrich Gross identifies him with Moses ben Shneor, the teacher of the author of ''Sefer ha-Gan'', a commentary on the Pentateuch. Others have generally supposed to him to be the son of Yom-Ṭov, referred to in
Elijah Mizraḥi's responsa (No. 82).
The ''
Tosafot of Évreux'', much used by tosafists, was his work. He is quoted in the tosafot on
Berakhot, and his name is frequently written. His tosafot are called also ''Shiṭṭah of Évreux''. Moses wrote his tosafot on the margin of a copy of
Isaac Alfasi
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013–1103) (, ), also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym, the Rif (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), was a Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of halakha, Jewish law). He is best known for his work of '' ...
, whose authority he invoked.
[Tosafot to ''Berakhot'' 26b]
References
Its bibliography:
* Heimann, Michael (1891) ''Or ha-Ḥayyim'', Frankfurt a. M.(in Hebrew), No. 1118;
* Zunz, ''Z. G.'' p. 39;
* Steinschneider, ''Cat. Bodl.'' col. 1814.
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French Tosafists
13th-century French rabbis