Moses Meshullam ben Samson Egra (; – September 25, 1801) was
Galician rabbi.
Biography
Egra was born in
Buczacz
Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of Te ...
,
Galicia
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Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
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, but was living in
Brody by the age of nine. At about that age he delivered a
casuistic homily in the large synagogue of Brody, and had a discussion with its rabbi, Isaac Hurwitz, whose son-in-law he became. He was a contemporary of , with whom he discussed ritual laws, and the master of
Jacob Lissa. Egra was at first rabbi of
Tusmenetz, later becoming rabbi of
Presburg. He wrote ''She'elot u-Teshubot RaMA'' (Czernowitz, 1862), and an unpublished work on
Maimonides.
References
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1750s births
1802 deaths
People from Buchach
Rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe)