Aryeh Leib Yellin (1820 in

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– April 2, 1886) (or Jelin

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: אריה ליב יעלין) was

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, Poland. He was one of the most prominent Polish rabbis, to whom

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matters were frequently referred for decision. He was the author of ''Kol Aryeh'' and ''Miẓpeh Aryeh,'' novellæ on various

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ical tractates. His most important production is the ''Yefeh 'Enayim,'' (trans.: "beautiful eyes") giving the parallel passages found in the

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, the Yerushalmi, the

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, the Pesichtas, and other ancient rabbinic productions, occasionally with critical remarks which are of the greatest value to the rabbinic student. The ''Yefeh 'Enayim'' accompanies the Talmudic text in the new Talmud editions of the Romms of Wilna. Yellin left in manuscript many novellæ on the Talmud and a collection of responsa.

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''Jewish Encyclopedia'': "Jelin, Aryeh Löb"
by Solomon Schechter and Isaac Broydé (1906). {{DEFAULTSORT:Yellin, Aryeh Leib 1820 births 1886 deaths People from Mońki County Polish Orthodox rabbis 19th-century Polish rabbis