Joshua Falk
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Joshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk (1555 – 29 March 1614) was a Polish
Biography
He was a pupil of his relative
In 1611 Falk and Enoch Hendel ben Shemariah issued a bill of divorce at Vienna which occasioned lengthy discussions among the celebrated rabbis of the time, including Meir Lublin and Mordecai Yoffe.[1] He was
Falk was opposed to the reliance on law codes to the exclusion of study of the original sources. Towards this end he composed a series of commentaries on the most influential
Falk died at
Note on the name "Joshua Falk"
Until the early 19th century, the names of most
Works
Beit Yisrael is a twin commentary on the Tur, composed of the Perishah, a straightforward explanation, and the Derishah, deeper discussions on specific problems. The Perishah clarifies the rulings of the Tur, by tracing them to their sources in the Talmud and Rishonim. The Derishah is devoted to extensive analysis and comparison of the various interpretations and decisions proposed by various Talmudic authorities.
Rabbi Falk also wrote:
- Sefer Me'irat Einayim, a commentary to the Shulkhan Arukh, containing all the decisions of the Rishonim, with an index of their sources.
- Sefer ha-Hosafah, a supplement to the Darhkei Mosheh of Dyhernfurth, 1796;
- Kontres 'al Diney Ribbit, a discourse on the laws relating to the prohibition of usury, followed by some takkanot (ordinances by the Rabbis), Sulzbach, 1692;
- Novellaeon Talmudic treatises.
References
- ^ see "She'elot uTeshuvot MaHaRaM", Nos. 122 et seq. Also She'elot UTshuvot Mas'eit Binyamin 75 et seq.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "FALK, JOSHUA BEN ALEXANDER HA-KOHEN". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i.50, 70;
- Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, Dizionario, i.116;
- Solomon Buber, Toledot Anshe Shem, No. 197.
External links
Media related to Joshua Falk (1555–1614) at Wikimedia Commons
- Beit Israel ("Perishah" and "Derishah"), Prof. Eliezer Segal
- Joshua Ben Alexander Ha-Kohen, jewishencyclopedia.com
- History of Jewish family Names, jewishgen.org
- Meir Wunder, Yehoshu‘a ben Aleksander ha-Kohen, in The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.