Moses 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 ...
,one of three brothers Rabbis, and author of a
siddur
A siddur ( he, סִדּוּר ; plural siddurim ) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. The word comes from the Hebrew root , meaning 'order.'
Other terms for prayer books are ''tefillot'' () among Sephardi Jews, '' ...
, who flourished at
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.
Geography
The city is on the Iton river.
Climate
History
In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ...
in Normandy in the first half of the thirteenth century. His father was Shneur of Évreux who left behind three children each of them outstanding scholars: Moses of Évreux,
Samuel of Évreux and Isaac of Évreux. Moses was the oldest brother and teacher of his younger brothers. They were collectively called "the sages of Évreux".
Gross identifies him with Moses ben Shneor, the teacher of the author of ''Sefer ha-Gan'', a commentary on the Pentateuch. Others have generally supposed to him to be the son of Yom-Ṭov, referred to in
Elijah Mizraḥi's responsa (No. 82).
The ''
Tosafot of Évreux'', much used by tosafists, was his work. He is quoted in the tosafot on
Berakot, and his name is frequently written. His tosafot are called also ''Shiṭṭah of Évreux''. Moses wrote his tosafot on the margin of a copy of
Isaac Alfasi
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi ha-Cohen (1013–1103) ( ar, إسحاق الفاسي, he, ר' יצחק אלפסי) - also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym Rif (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), was a Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of ...
, whose authority he invoked.
[Tos. to ''Ber.'' 26b]
References
Its bibliography:
* Michael, ''Or ha-Ḥayyim'', No. 1118;
* Zunz, ''Z. G.'' p. 39;
* Carmoly, ''Ben Chananja'' 1861, p. 195;
* Gross, ''Gallia Judaica'', p. 40;
* Steinschneider, ''Cat. Bodl.'' col. 1814.
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French Tosafists
13th-century French rabbis
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