Eras of the Halakha David ben Josef ben David Abudirham floruit fl. 1340 Hebrew or Ab Semitic Abu Dirham commonly misspelled as Abudraham ref Cite journal url http books.google.co.il books?id 3MIsAAAAIAAJ&pg PA182&lpg PA182&dq abudirham Abudarham v onepage journal Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland author Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland page 182 publisher Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society year 1834 ref was a Rishonim rishon who lived at Seville, Spain , and who was known for his commentary on the Synagogue liturgy. He is said to have been a student of Jacob ben Asher Baal Haturim . This view originates in Chaim Joseph David Azulai Azulai s Shem Gedolim . Zimmels argues that this is intrinsically unlikely, as Abudirham gives full citations of authority up to and including Asher ben Jehiel known as the Rosh father of the Baal Haturim but does not mention the Baal Haturim himself. He also mentions that he lived at the Rosh s house, and was a friend of the Baal Haturim. Account of Jewish ritual Abudirham belonged to the class of writers who, in an age of decline, felt the need of disseminating in popular form the knowledge stored up in various sources of rabbinical literature. His book, popularly known as Sefer Abudirham , has no specific title beyond the name ibbur Perush ha Berakot we ha Tefillot, Commentary on the Blessings and Prayers , probably because it was intended to serve as a running commentary to the liturgy. In the preface he states that he desired to afford the people, whom he found lacking in knowledge, the means of using the liturgy intelligently, and for this purpose he collected, from both the Babylonian talmud Babylonian and the Jerusalem Talmud s, from the Geonim and all the commentators down to his own time, the material for the explanation of each portion of the prayer book. In order to elucidate the meaning and origin of each observance connected with divine worshi ... more details
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Use dmy dates date December 2010 File .JPG thumb 250px Alshich s grave in Safed Moshe Alshich , also spelled Alshech, 1508 1593, Safed , known as the Alshich Hakadosh the Holy , was a prominent rabbi , preacher, and Bible biblical commentator in the latter part of the 16th century. The Alshich was born in 1508 in Turkey , and was the son of Hayyim Alshich. He later moved to Safed where he became a student of Rabbi Yosef Karo Joseph Caro . His students included Rabbi Hayyim ben Joseph Vital Hayim Vital and Rabbi Yom Tov Tzahalon . He died in Safed in 1593. Significance Only a few rabbis were granted the title Hakadosh throughout Jewish history. Alongside the Alshich were the Isaiah Horowitz Shelah HaKadosh , the Isaac Luria Arizal HaKadosh and the Chaim ibn Attar Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh , all of them distinctive personalities in their times. ref name Zimmels1993 cite book author Hirsch Jakob Zimmels title Ashkenazim and Sephardim their relations, differences, and problems as reflected in the rabbinical responsa url http books.google.com books?id Svzf3uUCFToC&pg PA264 accessdate 7 September 2011 date 1 December 1993 publisher KTAV Publishing House, Inc. pages 264, note 5 ref Various reasons have been suggested as to why the Alshich received the Hakadosh title. ref For instance, http www.safed kabbalah.com Sages MosheAlshich.1.htm. ref His homiletic al commentaries on the Torah and the Nevi im Prophets enjoy much popularity and are still studied today, largely because of their powerful influence as practical exhortations to virtuous life. Life He was a disciple of R. Yosef Karo Joseph Caro , author of the Shulchan Aruch and his own disciples included the Kabbalist R. Hayyim ben Joseph Vital Hayim Vital . Although the Alshich belonged to the circle of the Kabbalists who lived at Safed, his works very rarely betray any traces of the Kabbalah . He is celebrated as a teacher, preacher, and casuist. Little is known of his life. In his works he avoids mention o ... more details
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