Simḥa ben Samuel of
Speyer
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(13th century) was a German rabbi and
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 ...
. Neither the year of his birth nor that of his death is known. He was one of the leading signatories of the
Takkanot Shum
The ( he, תקנות שו"ם), or Enactments of SHU"M were a set of decrees formulated and agreed upon over a period of decades by the leaders of three of the central cities of Medieval Rhineland Jewry: Speyer, Worms, and Mainz. The initials of th ...
[compare ]Moses Minz
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
, Responsa, No. 202 He was a nephew of the director (''
parnas'')
Kalonymus, a student of R.
Eliezer of Metz
Eliezer ben Samuel of Metz (died 1198) was a Tosafist and the author of the halachic work ''Sefer Yereim'' (Vilna 1892). An abridgment of this work was produced by Benjamin ben Abraham Anaw. See also
*Moses ben Meir of Ferrara References
* Finke ...
, and a colleague of
Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi.
Simha was the author of the following works:
* Commentary on the treatise
Horayot
Horayot ( he, הוֹרָיוֹת; "Decisions") is a tractate in Seder Nezikin in the Talmud.
In the Mishnah, this is the tenth and last tractate in Nezikin; in the Babylonian Talmud the ninth tractate; in the Jerusalem Talmud the eighth. It consi ...
(quoted in Tosafot Horayot 4b, s.v. ''Keri'')
*
Tosafot
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 ...
and
novellæ on the
Talmud
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;
* ''Seder Olam,'' a work divided into paragraphs and containing decisions, comments on Talmudic passages, and regulations for religious practice (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot,'' Ishut 6:14, Tefillah 9). All the responsa and decisions which the earlier authors quote in the name of R. Simḥah were probably taken from this work.
* ''Tikkun Shetarot,'' on agreements and documents (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot'', Gerushin 4:12)
* Sections ("she'arim") on the laws of blessings (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot''
Berakhot 8)
Aside from these works decisions and responsa by Simḥah are mentioned in the responsa collection of R.
Meir of Rothenburg
Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer.Alfred ...
(Nos. 573, 927, 931, 932) and in the works of several older authors.
References
Its bibliography:
*
Leopold Zunz, Literaturgesch. pp. 309–311;
*
Heimann Joseph Michael
Heimann (Hayyim) Michael (April 12, 1792 – June 10, 1846) was a Hebrew bibliographer born at Hamburg. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and rec ...
, Or ha-Ḥayyim, Nos. 12, 15
13th-century German rabbis
German Tosafists
People from Speyer
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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