Alexander Suslin
Alexander Suslin (or Alexander Süsslein)
Aguddah
Suslin authored the book Aguddah (אגודה "Collection").[3] In concise fashion it enumerates the most important legal decisions, based on Talmudic law, made by preceding rabbinical authorities. Its purpose is to render such decisions accessible for guidance in their practical application. A comparison of the Aguddah with Jacob ben Asher's Arba'ah Turim, written at the same time in Spain, reveals the deficiencies of the German Jews of that day in matters of method and systematization. While Jacob ben Asher, despite his having partially discarded Maimonides' order and method, exhibited in his Yad HaHazaka, presents a comparatively concise compendium of the laws in use, the Aguddah shows a conglomeration of legal enactments and personal comments on the Talmud – in which much foreign matter is interspersed.[2]
Among the German Jews, however, the Aguddah received a cordial welcome, while
Downplaying the modern scholar
Characteristic of the author, his work, and the period in which he lived is his decision
References
- ISBN 9780812218626.
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Louis Ginzberg (1901–1906). "Alexander Suslin ha-Kohen of Frankfort". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:- M. Horovitz, Frankfurter Rabbinen, i. 9-11;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 476.
- ^ Aggudah Hebrew print edition
- ^ Upon Hullin i. 32