Mordecai Yoffe
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Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe (or Jaffe or Joffe) (c. 1530 – 7 March 1612;
Biography
Yoffe was born in
The Levush
He was
In addition to his Torah study, writing and teaching he was involved with communal needs, and attended the fairs at
He is also a patriarch of the Jaffe family.[2]
A different Rabbi Mordecai Yoffe - Mordecai ben Moses Yoffe - is known for the controversy over his 1549 appointment as rabbi of Grodno, which had to be settled by Queen Bona, and eventually led the Lithuanian government to formalize many of the procedures of the Jewish community.[3]
Works
Levush Malkhus Hebrew: לבוש מלכות, lit. 'Robes of Royalty' is a work of practical halacha, accompanied by the reasons behind the various halachic decisions according to logic and earlier sources, and includes sections on Torah commentary, philosophy, and mysticism. This work was divided into ten sections known as "levushim" (garments, or "attires").
While still in his youth, Rabbi Yoffe had the idea to compile a book on Jewish law, which would be used for
The work is organised as follows. The first five "attires" are devoted to the laws expounded in Rav Yosef Caro's
The Levush is an exception among the codifiers in treating ritual-legal matters from a kabbalistic standpoint; his approach, to a certain extent, "tended to draw together the Talmudists and kabbalists, otherwise in danger of an open breach".[5]
External links and references
- ^ a b c "Jaffe, Mordecai ben Abraham". Jewish Virtual Library.
- ^ "JAFFE (JOFFE) - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia: Lithuania
- ^ See introduction to his Levush
- ^
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Jaffe (Joffe)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Jaffe (Joffe)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Media related to Mordecai Yoffe at Wikimedia Commons
- Mordecai Jaffe, jewishencyclopedia.com
- Rabbi Mordechai Yoffe (The Levush), chabad.org
- Yoffe, Mordecai Ben Abraham, jewishvirtuallibrary.org
- Jaffe, Mordecai Ben Abraham, The Levush in the Pedigree of Jaffe-Family