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Rabbi
Moses Isserles
(Rema)
Personal
Born22 February 1530
Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Died10 May 1572(1572-05-10) (aged 42)
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
ReligionJudaism
NationalityPolish
Parents
  • Israel ben Josef (father)
  • Malka (mother)
BuriedKraków, Poland

Moses Isserles (Hebrew: משה בן ישראל איסרלישׂ; Polish: Mojżesz ben Israel Isserles; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332),[1] also known by the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law).

  1. ^ Elon 1973, pg. 1122; Goldwurm 1989, p. 75

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Shulchan Aruch

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being more nuanced, with several early modern authorities (including Moses Isserles and Taz) arguing that this restriction only applied to the milk and...

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Fast of the Firstborn

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not fast. The Shulchan Aruch records the custom of fasting. However, Moses Isserles records that some people instead "redeem" the fast. Later commentaries...

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Passover Seder plate

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first attested in the 16th-century Shulchan Aruch commentary of Rabbi Moses Isserles, and it is not known when the custom began. It is not used during the...

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Remah Synagogue

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Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. The synagogue is named after Rabbi Moses Isserles (c.1525–1572), known by the Hebrew acronym ReMA (רמ״א, pronounced RaMUH)...

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Israel ben Josef

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(1904). "ISSERLES, MOSES BEN ISRAEL (ReMA)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 678. Retrieved Dec 21, 2020. Moses Isserles (1711)...

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Meisel family

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descending from Simcha Bunim Meisels (1545-1624) (the son-in-law of Moses Isserles) immigrated to Kraków, Poland due to rising Antisemitism in Bohemia...

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Israel Isserlein

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served as one source for HaMapah, the component of the Shulkhan Arukh by Moses Isserles. He is also known as Israel of Neustadt, Israel of Marpurk, and Maharai...

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Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin

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Remah Cemetery

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16th-century Remah Synagogue. The cemetery bears the name of Rabbi Moses Isserles, whose name is abbreviated as Remah. The cemetery was closed in around...

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Saul Wahl

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Deborah Rivkah Drucker, granddaughter of Israel ben Josef and niece of Moses Isserles, with whom he had thirteen children, including the renowned Polish rabbi...

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Yahrzeit

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anniversaries of their deaths. Until the Second World War, the Yahrzeit of Moses Isserles was observed in Cracow on the 18th of Iyyar. In the State of Israel...

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Jewish philosophy

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Shachna - father-in-law and teacher of Moses Isserles. Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm was also a cousin of Moses Isserles. Rabbi Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi...

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Mapah

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Ha-Mapah (Hebrew: "the tablecloth"), a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch by Moses Isserles The Mapah, title of the French mystic Simon Ganneau (1805-1851) Mapa...

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Israel Bruna

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is best known as one of the primary Ashkenazi authorities quoted by Moses Isserles in the Shulkhan Arukh. Rabbi Bruna was born in Brno in the Bohemian...

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Names of God in Judaism

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also included I Am that I Am, as do many later authorities, including Moses Isserles (SA YD 276:9). The original lists are found in y. Megillah 1:9 and b...

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Abraham Horowitz

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16th-century rabbi and author from Prague. Horowitz was a student of Moses Isserles and served as rabbi in several communities. Horowitz authored: Yesh...

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Jewish religious clothing

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of some superstitious practice (or "the way of the Amorites"). Rabbi Moses Isserles (1530–1572) opines that to these strictures can be added one additional...

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Niddah

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to her seeing blood. Ashkenazim: According to the halachic ruling of Moses Isserles, in all cases, whether a woman cohabited with her husband within the...

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Isserlis

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theorem, a formula in probability theory named after Leon Isserlis Moses Isserles (1530–1572), Polish Ashkenazic rabbi and talmudist Steven Isserlis (born...

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Hebrew astronomy

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Sephardic law and customs

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of later rabbis accepted in particular communities. The Polish rabbi Moses Isserles, while acknowledging the merits of the Shulḥan Aruch, felt that it did...

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Chuppah

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Africa and Italy show no evidence of a huppah as it is known today. Moses Isserles (1520–1572) notes that the portable marriage canopy was widely adopted...

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Meir Katzenellenbogen

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and many rabbis consulted him, among them: Moses Alashkar, Obadiah Sforno, and his relative Moses Isserles (who addressed him as "rabbi of Venice"). It...

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Iyar

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mark the date as "the day of my joy." 18 Iyar (circa 1573) – Death of Moses Isserles, who is regarded as the definitive Halachic authority for Ashkenazi...

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Simchat Torah

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is permitted because it glorifies the torah", a ruling affirmed by Moses Isserles (Darkhei Moshe). This places the custom of removing the scrolls from...

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