Isaac Asir HaTikvah
Isaac HaLevi Asir HaTikvah (
Rabbinic
leader.
In two Medieval sources Isaac is referred to as the Gadol Hador, literally the "Head of the Generation", attesting to his prestigious status. Professor Elchanan Reiner believes that Isaac would have only been referred to by this title after the death of Alexander Suslin.[1]
Isaac originally had a
Menahem Zioni.[1][3] Other students of his are mentioned in the above Herem document. Isaac's community received funding from Jewish communities in Europe.[4]
Isaac is the first scholar known to have used the title Asir HaTikvah, literally "The prisoner of hope", a phrase found in Zechariah 9:12.[1]
Isaac's teachings are primarily recorded in the comments of the above student, Rabbi Samson, in his glosses to the Kitzur HaMordechai, found in the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Reiner, Elchanan (he) (1984). ""בין אשכנז לירושלים : חכמים אשכנזים בא"י לאחר "המוות השחור" [Between Ashkenaz and Jerusalem: Ashkenazic Scholars in Eretz-Israel after the "Black Death"]. Shalem (in Hebrew). 4. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute.
- ^ Coronel, Nathan (1864). Commentarios quinque doctrinam Talmudicam illustrantes (in Hebrew). della Torre. p. 111.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rabbi Isaac is quoted in Zioni's commentary on the Torah (17d in the Lemberg 1882 ed.) concerning an aspect of Gilgul.
- ^ Yuval, Israel Jacob (1981). "Alms from Nuremberg to Jerusalem (1375-1392)" (in Hebrew). 46 (3). Jerusalem: Zion: 182–197.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "קיצור המרדכי" [Kitzur HaMordechai]. Ktiv.
- ^ Spitzer, Shlomo (1978). "פסקי רבותינו שבאשכנז בדור הסמוך לגזירות ק״ט" [Rulings of Our Rabbis in Ashkenaz During the Generation Near the Persecutions of 1349]. Moriah (He) (in Hebrew). 8 (2–3 [86–87]). Jerusalem: Machon Yerushalayim (he).
- ^ Hakohen, Naftali Yaʻaḳov. (1967–1970). Sefer Otsar Ha-Gedolim (in Hebrew). Vol. 5. Haifa. pp. 179–180.
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