Asher Ben Yehiel
Rabbeinu Asher ben Yehiel ( 1250 , Germany - 1327 , Toledo , Spain ), said the ( Hebrew "), is a major decision at the time of the Rishonim , the medieval masters. eminent Talmudic scholar , he is student - and son - Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg.
Descended from a long line rabbinical whose origin dates back to Rabbeinu Gershom ben Judah , he is the great-grand-son of Rabbi Eliezer ben Nathan of Mainz , one of guedolei Hador ("Great of his generation" ). Rabbi Yehiel ben his father Rabbi Uri was one of Hassidei Ashkenaz ("Rhineland Pietist"), and one of the companions and Rabbi Yehuda Roqah Hahassid. His son Jacob ben Asher is the author of the code of law called Arbaa Turim.
His work
It is through his great work halakhic , which remains until today one of the essential foundations of the modern Jewish law, which unfolds the stature of Roch. Rabbi Yosef Karo , author of the Shulchan Aruch , described him as one of the three pillars of Jewish law , with the Rambam and Rif. Further comments on the Torah , the Mishnah and some treated the Talmud , Rosh left us especially his main work, the Hilkhoth Harosh, a collection of laws according to the order of the treatises of the Talmud, where the Rosh actually gives a conclusion almost exhaustive of all Halachot current at his time. His work made him one of the most followed decision in the entire Jewish people.
Comments from Rosh
- Maadanei Yom Tov - Rabbi Yom Tov Lippman Heller of Prague (1579-1654)
- Tiferet Shmuel - Rabbi Aharon Kaidanover of Poland (1624-1676)
- Korban Netanel - Rabbi Netanel Weil of Germany (1867-1769)
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