Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Minz (15th century) was a German

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

, a disciple of R. Yaakov Weil and contemporary of

Israel Isserlein Israel Isserlin (ישראל איסרלן; Israel Isserlein ben Petachia; 1390 in Maribor, Duchy of Styria – 1460 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria) was a Talmudist, and Halakhist, best known for his ''Terumat HaDeshen'', which served as one ...

, whom he frequently consulted. He was successively rabbi at

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, and Posen. He is one of the first known Jewish Scholars to have officiated as Rav of a city in Poland.The Rishonim, The Artscroll history series, Pg. 153 In his responsa (No. 114) he mentions a certain Jacob Margolioth of לוקו (

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?), and refers to a case of divorce in Posen in 1444 (Steinschneider gives 1474).

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(''Zeitschrift,'' iii. 387) doubts that Moses ever was at Posen. He suggests that פוזנו (Posen) is a printer's mistake for פיזרו (Pesaro). Moses' responsa (Cracow, 1617) mention also

Joseph Colon Joseph Colon ben Solomon Trabotto, also known as Maharik, (c. 1420 in Chambéry – Pavia in 1480) was a 15th-century rabbi who is considered Italy's foremost Judaic scholar and Talmudist of his era. Early years Colon (whose name is related t ...

, and his cousin

Judah Minz Judah ben Eliezer ha-Levi Minz (c. 1405 – 1508), also known as Mahari Minz, was the most prominent Italian rabbi of his time. As his surname suggests, he immigrated around 1462 from Mainz to Italy. He officiated as rabbi of Padua for forty-seven ...

. Responsum No. 46 contains a dispute over a philological point with

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(comp. M. Wiener in ''Monatsschrift,'' xvi. 390).

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

* Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' i.140; *

David Conforte David Conforte (c. 1618 – c. 1685) () was a Hebrew literary historian born in Salonica, author of the literary chronicle known by the title ''Ḳore ha-Dorot.'' Biography Conforte came of a family of scholars. His early instructors were rabbis H ...

, ''Ḳore ha-Dorot,'' p. 27b; *

Julius Fürst Julius Fürst (; 12 May 1805, Żerków, South Prussia – 9 February 1873, Leipzig), born Joseph Alsari, was a Jewish German orientalist and the son of noted maggid, teacher, and Hebrew grammarian Jacob Alsari. Fürst was a distinguished schola ...

, ''Bibl. Jud.'' ii.380; *

Moritz Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...

, ''Cat. Bodl.'' cols. 1946–1947.

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