Samuel of Évreux was a French
tosafist
The Tosafot, Tosafos or Tosfot ( he, תוספות) are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes.
The auth ...
of the thirteenth century, the younger brother and student of
Moses of Évreux, author of the
tosafot of Évreux. He is identified by Gross with Samuel ben Shneor (not ben Yom-Ṭov, as given by Zunz in ''Z. G.'' p. 38), whose explanations of
Nazir are cited by
Solomon ben Aderet
Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet ( he, שלמה בן אברהם אבן אדרת or Solomon son of Abraham son of Aderet) (1235 – 1310) was a medieval rabbi, halakhist, and Talmudist. He is widely known as the Rashba (Hebrew: ), the Hebrew acronym ...
, and whose authority is invoked by
Jonah Gerondi
Rabbi Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi ( he, יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי ''Yōnāh bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī'', "Jonah son of Abraham the Gironan"; died 1264), also known as Jonah of Girona and Rabbeinu Yonah (), wa ...
.
Samuel directed a rabbinical school at
Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry () is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne.
The origin of the name of the town is unknown. The local tradition att ...
, and had for disciples R. Ḥayyim (brother of
Asher ben Jehiel
Asher ben Jehiel ( he, אשר בן יחיאל, or Asher ben Yechiel, sometimes Asheri) (1250 or 1259 – 1327) was an eminent rabbi and Talmudist best known for his abstract of Talmudic law. He is often referred to as Rabbenu Asher, “our Rabb ...
of Toledo), R.
Perez, and R.
Isaac of Corbeil
Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil (died 1280) ( he, יצחק בן יוסף מקורבי"ל) was a 13th-century French rabbi and tosafist, best known as the author of ''Sefer Mitzvot Ḳatan.''
Biography
Isaac was the son-in-law of R. Yechiel of Paris, ...
. He carried on a correspondence on scientific subjects (and shared R.
Perez as a student) with
Jehiel of Paris and with
Nathaniel the Elder. Samuel's Talmudic interpretations are often quoted in the Tosafot.
[Beẓah 14b, 20b, 24b; Ḳid. 27b, 39a; Ned. 90b; 'Ab. Zarah 68a; Tem. 19b.] From the fact that the author of the tosafot to Soṭah mentions there the name of Moses of Évreux as being his brother, it is inferred that these tosafot were written by Samuel.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
* Michael, ''Or ha-Ḥayyim'', p. 593, No. 1202;
* Gross, ''Gallia Judaica'', p. 258.
References
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French Tosafists
13th-century French rabbis
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