Isaac Asir HaTikvah
Isaac HaLevi Asir HaTikvah ( he, הר״ר יצחק הלוי אסיר התקוה) (died c. 1377), also known as Isaac of Beilstein, was an important 14th-century Ashkenazi Rabbinic leader. In two Medieval sources Isaac is referred to as the ''Gadol, Gadol Hador'', literally the "Head of the Generation", attesting to his prestigious status. Professor Elchanan Reiner believes that Isaac would have only been referred to by this title after the death of Alexander Suslin. Isaac originally had a yeshiva in Heidelberg, Germany. Around 1350 he immigrated to Jerusalem with a group of students and founded a yeshiva. His institution in Jerusalem is mentioned in a ''Herem (censure), Herem'' document from 1377. Among his students were Samson ben Samuel, author of Kitzur Mordechai ben Hillel, HaMordechai, and Menahem Zioni. Other students of his are mentioned in the above ''Herem'' document. Isaac's community received funding from Jewish communities in Europe. Isaac is the first scholar known t ...
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