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Horwitz, Aryeh Löb ben Ẓebi Halevi

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Lithuanian Talmudist of the seventeenth century. After having been "rosh yeshibah" in several German towns Horwitz was called in a similar capacity to the yeshibah of Minsk while Jehiel HEILPRIN was chief rabbi there. Horwitz was the author of "Margenita Ṭaba," a defense of Maimonides' "Sefer ha-Miẓwot" against the strictures of Naḥmanides, published with the "Sefer ha-Miẓwot" at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1756. According to the preface, added by his son, Horwitz wrote also novellæ on the Talmud, and "Elef ha Magen," defending Maimonides against the attacks of Abraham b. David.

Bibliography:
  • Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 533;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 362;
  • Ben-Zion Eisenstadt, Rabbane Minsk, p. 15.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Horwitz, Aryeh Löb ben Ẓebi Halevi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​h/horwitz-aryeh-lapb-ben-aoebi-halevi.html. 1901.
 
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