Moses of Kiev
Moses of Kiev was a
Babylonian academy, and through Moses Western scholars learned of an important legal decision of the Geonim which had been communicated to him by Samuel (Responsa of Meïr b. Baruch of Rothenburg, ed. Bloch, No. 494). Another responsum from Samuel to Moses is found in the manuscript Yiḥuse Tanna'im wa-Amora'im, whose author is probably Judah ben Kalonymus of Speyer
. Whether or not this Moses is identical with "Rabbi Moses the Russian", whom the author of Sefer ha-Shoham mentions, is doubtful.
Bibliography
- Epstein, Das Talmudische Lexicon, etc., in Monatsschrift, xxxix. 511 (also printed separately);
- idem, in Monatsschrift, xl.134.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Moses of Kiev". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.