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<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> – ר' אליעזר בן אליה אשכנזי הרופא</li>
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<li><b>Dates</b> – 1513 – 1586</li>
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<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 Ma'asei Hashem, Ma'asei Torah, 7), and his proclivity for embroilment in rabbinic controversies.</fn> spending time in Egypt, Cyprus, Italy, Crimea, Cracow, and Prague.</li>
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<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 &#8207;חונה, ח.&#8207;, &#8206;'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>
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<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, Ma'asei Hashem, was authored for one of his sons, R. Eliyah.</fn> and a daughter.</li>
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<li><b>Teachers</b> – R. Eliezer studied Talmud under R. Yosef Taitazak in Salonica.</li>
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<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 VaChalitzah, Responsum 5.</fn> R. Moshe Isserles, Maharal.</li>
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<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> – Ma'asei Hashem,<fn>The work has four parts: Ma'aseh Bereshit (covering the period from Creation through Avraham), Ma'asei Avot (covering from Avraham through Yaakov), Ma'asei Mitzrayim (covering the miracles of the Exodus, and including a commentary on the Passover Haggadah), and Ma'asei 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>
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<li><b>Talmudic novellae</b> – Novellae on Gittin<fn>His novellae on the eighth chapter of the tractate were published in "חידושי רבי אלעזר אשכנזי בעל מעשי ה' לפ' הזורק", Yeshurun 8 (2001): 47-58.</fn> and Kiddushin<fn>ספר חידושים קדמונים על מסכת קידושין (Jerusalem, 1995) – see the book's Introduction regarding the attribution of the work to R. Eliezer Ashkenazi.</fn> are attributed to R. Eliezer.</li>
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<li><b>Responsa</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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R. Eliezer Ashkenazi
Name
R. Eliezer Ashkenazi
ר' אליעזר אשכנזי בן ר' אליה הרופא, מעשי ה'
Dates1513-1586
LocationItaly / Turkey / Egypt / Poland
WorksMa'asei Hashem, Yosef Lekach
Exegetical Characteristics
Influenced byR. Yosef Taitazak
Impacted onVilna Gaon

Background1

Life

  • Name – ר' אליעזר בן אליה אשכנזי הרופא
  • Dates – 1513 – 1586
  • Location – R. Eliezer wandered widely throughout his life,2 spending time in 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, Maharal.
  • Students
  • Time period – R. Eliezer was raised in Renaissance Italy, which may have impacted on his thought.9

Works

  • Biblical commentaries – Ma'asei Hashem,10 Yosef Lekach11
  • Rabbinics
    • Talmudic novellae – Novellae on Gittin12 and Kiddushin13 are attributed to R. Eliezer.
    • Responsa – There are many responsa of R. Eliezer recorded in the works of other scholars of his day.14

Torah Commentary

Characteristics

  • Verse by verse / Topical
  • Genre
  • Structure
  • Language

Methods

Themes

Textual Issues

  • Manuscripts
  • Printings
  • Textual layers

Sources

Significant Influences

  • Earlier Sources
  • Teachers
  • Foils

Occasional Usage

Possible Relationship

Impact

Later exegetes

Supercommentaries