Aaron of Pinsk explained

Aaron of Pinsk
Birth Name:Aharon Kretinger
Birth Place:Kretinga, Kovno Governorate
Death Date:1841
Death Place:Pinsk
Occupation:Rabbi
Known For:Author of Tosafot Aharon
Notable Works:Tosafot Aharon

Aaron of Pinsk, also Aharon Kretinger, was a rabbi in Kretinga, in the Kovno Governorate, and afterward in Pinsk, where he died in 1841. He wrote Tosafot Aharon,[1] in which he attempted to solve the questions of the Tosafists in various Talmudic treatises, notably in Zera'im, Mo'ed, and Niddah. The book, which contains also scholastic and cabalistic discourses, was printed in 1858.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 1858. he:תוספות אהרן. http://hebrewbooks.org/6735. he. Konigsberg. 233044513. May 11, 2016.

  2. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
    • Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim he-Ḥadash, p. 19, No. 122, Warsaw, 1879;
    • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 626.