Shabsai Frankel
Shabsai Frankel (August 13, 1909 – September 30, 2000) was a
His father, Rabbi Yosef Frankel was a prominent
During
Rabbi Shabsai established an elite Kollel of select Talmudic scholars who would actually put together the new print of Maimonides' works as well as a comprehensive index of various other rabbinical commentaries and citations who dealt with Maimonides' rulings. Rabbi Shabsai funded this Kollel from his own fortune. The first volume was printed in 1973 and the last was finished in 2007. Even before the work was completed, The Shabtai Frankel edition of Maimonides' works gained fame and recognition in the yeshiva world (although it was initially softly criticised by Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik).
As part of his ambitious endeavor, Rabbi Shabsai received a blessing from Rabbi
His index on Bava Basra was printed after his death and was named in his memory "Raza D'Shabsai".
References
- ^ HaRav Shabsai Frankel, zt"l Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Deiah veDibur Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
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