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Helin, Jacob Moses ben Abraham Ashkenazi
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Polish Talmudist; born about 1625; died about 1700. He studied at Lublin under R. Naphtali ha-Kohen and R. Heshel, and was the son-in-law of Löb Heller, rabbi of Satanow. Helin was the author of "Yede Mosheh," a commentary with critical notes on Midrash Rabbah, indicating the Talmudical sources from which the legends are taken, published by his son Abraham with a preface and notes (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1705; 2d ed., 1713; now printed in all the editions of the Midrash).
Bibliography:- Dembitzer, Kelilat Yofi, 2:59b;
- Steinschnefder, Cat. Bodl. col. 1214.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Helin, Jacob Moses ben Abraham Ashkenazi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/helin-jacob-moses-ben-abraham-ashkenazi.html. 1901.