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ZAKHORIUM

Rabbi and legal codifier

Moses Isserles

Life

1520–1572

Cracow rabbi whose glosses to the Shulhan Arukh recorded Ashkenazi practice.

What the sources say

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3 statements

01

Moses Isserles portrayed Poland as less hostile to Jews than German lands.

02

Isserles performed a Sabbath wedding to spare an impoverished bride humiliation.

03

Isserles published glosses recording Ashkenazi practice where it differed from Karo.