Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon

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Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon
Personal
Born1166
Died1224 (aged 57–58)
ReligionJudaism
Parent
  • Isaac ben Judah (father)

Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166–1224) was a French

tosafist born in Paris
.

Biography

Born in 1166 in Paris, France, his father Rabbi Isaac Treves was a rabbi in Paris, son of Yom Tov of Falaise who was the son of Judah ben Nathan (Rivan), and thus a descendant of Rashi. In his early years, he learnt under Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and his son Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre. He married a daughter of Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans, who has been identified by Jacobs[1] with Abraham fil Rabbi Joce, chief Jew in London in 1186. In a list of that year associated with Abraham occurs the name of Leo Blund, whom Jacobs identifies with Judah ben Isaac.[2]

Sir Leon must have left

Moses of Coucy
.

Teachings

He appears to have composed

Pentateuch, in which he appears to have followed the method of Rashbam
.

Judah wrote several poems—an

.

He died in Paris in 1224.[6]


See also

  • Tosafists

References

  1. ^ Jews of Angevin England, p. 409
  2. ^ ib. p. 88; compare Bacher, in J.Q.R. vi.360
  3. ^ Zunz, Ritus, p. 198
  4. ^ idem, Literaturgesch. p. 329
  5. Landshuth
    , Ammudei haAvodah, i.68
  6. ^ Solomon Luria, Responsa, No. 29

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSolomon Schechter and Joseph Jacobs (1901–1906). "Judah ben Isaac". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography: