Maharsha

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Maharsha: R. Shmuel Eliezer Eidels, 1555-1631, author of a commentary on the Talmud

Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Edeles (MaHaRSHA) (5315-5392; 1555-1631) Book

By Nissan Mindel

Rabbi Samuel Eliezer Halevi Edeles was born in Posen about the middle of the sixteenth century. He lived at a time when there were very great Talmud scholars, and he took his place among the greatest. Even among such great lights of the exponents of the ...

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Passing of Maharsha 1631 Event

Kislev 5 is the yahrtzeit (date of the passing) of Rabbi Shemuel Eliezer Eidel's (1555-1631), known by the acronym "Maharsha". Rabbi Shmuel authored a highly regarded and widely used commentary on the Talmud and its primary commentaries, Rashi and Tosfot.

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