Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (died c.1706) (

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: זכריה מנדל בן אריה ליב) was a

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, native of Cracow. In 1689 he became chief rabbi and head of the

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, Galicia. He was the author of ''

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'', a well-known commentary on the ''

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'', ''Yoreh De'ah'', and ''Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ'' (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib. 1764); the work is principally a compendium of the ''Sifte Kohen'' and ''Ṭure Zahav.'' His descendants include

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References

Its bibliography: *Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii., s.v. Be'er Heṭeb; * Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 318. 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian rabbis Rabbis from Kraków Polish Orthodox rabbis {{poland-rabbi-stub