R. Elazar HaRokeach – Intellectual Profile
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Name | R. Elazar b. Yehudah of Worms ר' אלעזר בן יהודה מגרמייזא, הרוקח |
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Dates | 1165?-1230? |
Location | Worms |
Works | Sefer HaRokeach, Sefer HaChokhmah, Sodei Razaya, liturgical poems, Torah commentary, Haggadah commentary, commentaries on liturgical poems |
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Influenced by | Chasidei Ashkenaz |
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Background
Life
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- Dates – 1165?-1230?
- Location – Worms
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- Teachers – His father R. Yehudah b. Kelonimus, R. Yehudah HeChasid, R. Eliezer of Metz, R. Moshe HaKohen
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