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R. Betzalel Ashkenazi (Shitah Mekubetzet) – Intellectual Profile

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R. Betzalel Ashkenazi (Shitah Mekubetzet)

Name	R. Betzalel b. Avraham Ashkenazi ר' בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי
Dates	1520?-1594?
Location	Eretz Yisrael, Egypt
Works	Shitah Mekubetzet, glosses on Mishnah and Mishnah commentaries, glosses on Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi, Kelalei HaTalmud, responsa
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• Name – R. Betzalel b. Avraham Ashkenazi
  • Hebrew name – ר' בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי
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• Dates – 1520?-1594?
• Location – Eretz Yisrael, Egypt
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• Teachers – R. David b. Shelomo ibn Zimra (Radbaz)
• Contemporaries – R. Yisrael Najara, R. Yaakov b. Chayyim Talmid
• Students – R. Yitzchak Luria, R. Avraham Monson
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