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Moses ben Israel Isserles

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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MOSES BEN ISRAEL ISSERLES ( c. 1520-1572), known as Rema, was born at Cracow and died there in 1572. He wrote commentaries on the Zohar, the "Bible of the Kabbalists," but is best known as the critic and expander of the Shulhan Aruch of Joseph Qaro (Caro) (q.v.). His chief halakhic (legal) works were Darke Moshe and Mappah. Qaro, a Sephardic (Spanish) Jew, in his Code neglected Ashkenazic (German) customs. These deficiencies Isserles supplied, and the notes of Rema are now included in all editions of Qaro's Code.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Moses ben Israel Isserles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/moses-ben-israel-isserles.html. 1910.
 
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