Bezalel Ashkenazi

Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi (Hebrew: בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי) (c. 1520 – c. 1592) was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in Ottoman Israel during the 16th century. He is best known as the author of the Shitah Mekubetzet, a commentary on the Talmud. Among his disciples were Isaac Luria and Solomon Adeni.

Bezalel Ashkenazi
Personal
Bornc. 1520
probably Palestine
Diedc. 1592
ReligionJudaism
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