Torat ha-‛olah (Law of the Burnt-Offering)

Moses Isserles

1570

Part III.4

Since the last saying has made it necessary to speak of things, which pertain to the eternal mysteries, namely the ways of kabbalah, I will not hide from the reader what is at the tip of my tongue,1 but shall reveal to him my opinion in this matter. As God is my witness, I have greatly feared to speak of a matter on which I have received…

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Moses Isserles

1520–1572

Also known as the Rema, Moses Isserles was the head of the yeshiva in Kraków. He studied with his father and with the most prominent authority of his time, Shalom Shakhnah of Lublin. Isserles was acknowledged as a rabbinic authority at a young age and appointed to the rabbinic court, but was also famous for his disputes with some of his contemporaries. Isserles’s major work is his legal code, Darkhe Moshe (The Ways of Moses) which appeared in both complete and abridged versions (1692, 1760), but he is best known for his glosses on Joseph Karo’s Shulḥan ‘arukh (Set Table). Isserles also wrote responsa and biblical commentary.

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