Maharash Levi Explained

Honorific-Suffix:Ha'Levi
Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Shlomo ben Yitzchak
Birth Date:1532
Death Date:1600 (aged 57–58)
Birth Place:Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Nationality:Greek
Father:Yitzchak
Occupation:Rabbinic scholar

Shlomo ben Yitzchak HaLevi (; 1532–1600)[1] was a prominent rabbinic scholar in Thessaloniki, Greece, during the Jewish community's "Golden Age." Among his other duties, he served the exiled Jews from Évora, Portugal.[2]

His grandson, Shlomo ben Yitzchak HaLevi II, is most well known for his responsa Maharash Levi (or Maharash L'veit HaLevi), published in Thessaloniki in 1652.[3] These responsa are arranged according to the four-volume structural model of the Arba'ah Turim, and have been cited by such later rabbinic authorities as Rabbi Avraham Gombiner in his Magen Avraham.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rivkin, Peretz . Introducing Zeroa, Lechayayim and Keva Hardcover . 2017-07-27 . . 978-1-387-02900-6 . 91 . en.
  2. Book: In Memorium of Salonike; The Greatness and Destruction of Jerusalem of the Balkans . . 1972 . Rekanati . David A. . 1 . Tel Aviv . 18, 23 . en.
  3. Book: בן יצחק הלוי, שלמה . שו"ת מהר"ש לבית הלוי . 1652 . Thessaloniki . he . Correspondence from the Rabbinate to Beit Halevi.