Solomon ben Samson was a scholar of
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in the eleventh century.
He was a teacher and relative of
Rashi
Shlomo Yitzchaki ( he, רבי שלמה יצחקי; la, Salomon Isaacides; french: Salomon de Troyes, 22 February 1040 – 13 July 1105), today generally known by the acronym Rashi (see below), was a medieval French rabbi and author of a compr ...
, who refers to him as an authority beside his other teacher,
Isaac ha-Levi
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. Most probably he is identical with the
Solomon ben Samson mentioned as a native of
Vitry, this name being apparently an error for
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of G ...
, among whose scholars he is cited.
["Or Zarua'," i. 116a.]
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Henri Gross
Heinrich Gross, writing also as Henri Gross (born Szenicz, Hungarian Kingdom, now Senica, Slovakia, 6 November 1835; died 1910), was a German rabbi. He was a pupil in rabbinical literature of Judah Aszod.
After graduating from the Breslau semi ...
, ''Gallia Judaica'', pp. 217, 295
online
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Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz ( he, יום טוב צונץ—''Yom Tov Tzuntz'', yi, ליפמן צונץ—''Lipmann Zunz''; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies ('' Wissenschaft des Judentums''), the critical investigatio ...
, ''Literaturgeschichte'' p. 157
online
* Zunz, ''Zur Geschichte und Literatur'' p. 192
online
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