Judah Minz
Rabbi Judah HaLevi Minz | |
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Born | c. 1405 |
Died | 27 September 1508 |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | HaLevi Kranch |
Children | Abraham Minz |
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Judah ben Eliezer ha-Levi Minz (c. 1405 – 1508), also known as Mahari Minz, was the most prominent Italian rabbi of his time. As his surname suggests, he immigrated around 1462 from Mainz to Italy. He officiated as rabbi of Padua for forty-seven years, during which time he had a great number of pupils, among whom were his son Abraham Minz, and the latter's son-in-law Meir Katzenellenbogen. In a dispute he had with Elia del Medigo, he was supported by Elijah Mizrachi.[1]
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In the Siege of Padua, soon after Minz's death almost all of his writings were destroyed. Joseph ben Abraham Minz, his grandson, discovered sixteen of his responsa, and these were published[3] by Meïr Katzenellenbogen, who printed in the same volume his own responsa and the Seder Gittin wa-chalitzah of Abraham Minz. These responsa have been edited, and supplemented with an extended commentary and preface, by Johanan ben Moses Preschel.[4] Judah's responsa, though scanty, afford interesting information on the history of his age and on Jewish customs in Padua.
References
- ^ comp. Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Matzref la-Chokmah, p. 3b; idem, Elim, p. 29; Mizrachchi, Responsa, No. 56.
- ^ (No. 6)
- ^ (Venice, 1553)
- ^ (Munkacs, 1898)
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 412;
- Frankel, in Orient, Lit. vii. 520 et seq.;
- Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. 3d ed., viii. 253 et seq.;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 1020;
- Graziadio Nepi-Mordecai Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, pp. 122–124;
- Preschel, in the preface to his edition of Minz's responsa;
- Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1344.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Minz". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.