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| − | <category>Background | + | <category>Background<fn>This section incorporates material from C. Benish's introduction to "ספר חידושי קדמונים המיוחס לרבינו אליעזר אשכנזי על מסכת קידושין", Otzar HaPosekim (1995): 9-45 (hereafter: Benish, Introduction) and the Encyclopedia Judaica entry Ashkenazi, Eliezer Ben Elijah the Physician.</fn> |
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| − | <li><b>Name</b> – | + | <li><b>Name</b> – ר' אליעזר בן אליה אשכנזי הרופא</li> |
| − | + | <li><b>Dates</b> – 1513 – 1586</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Location</b> – R. Eliezer wandered widely throughout his life,<fn>This seems to have been due to both R. Eliezer's desire to see the world (see Maasei Hashem, Maasei Torah, 7), and his proclivity for embroilment in rabbinic controversies.</fn> spending time in, among other places, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy, Crimea, Cracow, and Prague.</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Occupation</b> – R. Eliezer served in many different rabbinic positions,<fn>See above, Location.</fn> notably for 22 years in Egypt. His many travels gave him extensive knowledge of the politics, culture, and realia of different societies, knowledge which impacted his commentaries.<fn>For examples, see ‏חונה, ח.‏, ‎'חכמים ממשפחת טריויש בירושלים', Sinai 11 (1942): 203-206. R. Eliezer also was said to have known twelve languages and to have been well-versed in general sciences.</fn></li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Family</b> – R. Eliezer's father was R. Eliyah HaRofe, and his mother was the daughter of R. Yosef Colon (Maharik). He and his wife Rachel had two sons<fn>R. Eliezer's major work, Maasei Hashem, was authored for one of his sons, R. Eliyah.</fn> and a daughter.</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Teachers</b> – R. Eliezer studied Talmud under R. Yosef Taitazak in Salonica.</li> | |
| − | <li><b> | + | <li><b>Contemporaries</b> – R. Meir Padua, R. Shemuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen,<fn>R. Eliezer left Venice in the wake of a dispute with these scholars, despite the fact that R. Eliezer's son was married to R. Katzenellenbogen's daughter.</fn> R. David Ibn Zimra (Radbaz), R. Betzalel Ashkenazi,<fn>R. Eliezer served for 22 years as a rabbi and judge in Egypt, where Radbaz and R. Betzalel were community leaders.</fn> R. Yosef Karo,<fn>R. Eliezer corresponded with R. Yosef Karo on Halakhic matters. See Responsa Beit Yosef, Dinei Yibbum VeChalitzah, Responsum 5.</fn> R. Moshe Isserles.</li> |
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| − | <li><b> | + | <li><b>Time period </b> – R. Eliezer was raised in Renaissance Italy, which may have impacted on his thought.<fn>See the paper by N. Ecker, <a href="http://www.jewish-studies.org/.upload/akar-r.pdf">"פירושו של ר' אליעזר אשכנזי לחזון המרכבה של יחזקאל"</a>.</fn> |
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| − | <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – </li> | + | <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Maasei Hashem,<fn>The work has four parts: Maaseh Bereshit (covering the period from Creation through Avraham), Maasei Avot (covering from Avraham through Yaakov), Maasei Mitzrayim (covering the miracles of the Exodus, and including a commentary on the Passover Haggadah), and Maasei Torah (covering the period from the giving of the Torah through Moshe's death.</fn> Yosef Lekach<fn>A commentary on Esther which had a major influence on the Vilna Gaon's commentary.</fn></li> |
| − | <li><b>Rabbinics</b> – | + | <li><b>Rabbinics</b> – There are many responsa of R. Eliezer recorded in the works of other scholars of his day.<fn>See citations throughout Benish, Introduction.</fn></li> |
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| Name | R. Eliezer Ashkenazi ר' אליעזר אשכנזי בן ר' אליה הרופא, מעשי ה' |
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| Dates | 1513-1586 |
| Location | Turkey / Egypt / Poland |
| Works | Maasei HaShem, Yosef Lekach |
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| Influenced by | R. Yosef Taitazak |
| Impacted on | Vilna Gaon |
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Life
- Name – ר' אליעזר בן אליה אשכנזי הרופא
- Dates – 1513 – 1586
- Location – R. Eliezer wandered widely throughout his life,2 spending time in, among other places, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy, Crimea, Cracow, and Prague.
- Occupation – R. Eliezer served in many different rabbinic positions,3 notably for 22 years in Egypt. His many travels gave him extensive knowledge of the politics, culture, and realia of different societies, knowledge which impacted his commentaries.4
- Family – R. Eliezer's father was R. Eliyah HaRofe, and his mother was the daughter of R. Yosef Colon (Maharik). He and his wife Rachel had two sons5 and a daughter.
- Teachers – R. Eliezer studied Talmud under R. Yosef Taitazak in Salonica.
- Contemporaries – R. Meir Padua, R. Shemuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen,6 R. David Ibn Zimra (Radbaz), R. Betzalel Ashkenazi,7 R. Yosef Karo,8 R. Moshe Isserles.
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- Time period – R. Eliezer was raised in Renaissance Italy, which may have impacted on his thought.9
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