Samuel Taitazak () was a

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...

ist who lived at Salonica in the 16th century. He was a member of the

Taitazak family The Taitazak family was a prominent family of Spanish Jews, several members of which distinguished themselves as Talmudic authorities. Various opinions have been expressed as to the origin of the name, the exact orthography and signification of whi ...

. He was the author of ''She'elot u-Teshubot,''

responsa ''Responsa'' (plural of Latin , 'answer') comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them. In the modern era, the term is used to describe decisions and rulings made by scholars i ...

, some of which have been included in Judah Taitazak's ''She'erit Yehudah'' and in

Samuel de Medina Rabbi Samuel ben Moses de Medina (abbreviated RaShDaM, or ''Maharashdam''; 1505 – October 12, 1589), was a Talmudist and author from Thessaloniki. He was principal of the Talmudic college of that city, which produced a great number of promine ...

's collection of responsa.

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* David Conforte, Ḳore ha-Dorot, p. 38a; * Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 88; *

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. Col. 2481.S Rabbis from Thessaloniki 16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire {{Greece-rabbi-stub