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Jewish Commentators — Their Lives and Works
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Joshua ben Alexander HaKohen FalkYou can search by acronym (e.g., Rambam), a part of a name or an alternative spelling. Enter your own search terms HERE. or Select another name HERE. _______________________________ Hebrew Name(s): יהושע בן מאלקסנדר הכון פאלק; סמ׳׳ע Other Names: RaFaK, RaFaC (רפ''כ), Joshua Falk, Yehoshua Falk ben Alexander HaCohen, Ma-HaRWaK, SMA, Joshua Falk ben Alexander Katz Period: Acharonim — 16th Century Location: Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) Dates: 1555–1614. Biography: Joshua ben Alexander HaKohen Falk, a Polish halakhist and Talmudist, was a pupil of R. Moses Isserles and Solomon Luria. He was a Talmudic scholar and Rosh Yeshivah in Lemberg. He is best known for his commentary on the Arba'ah Turim (Jacob ben Asher) and the Sefer Me'irat Enayim on the Shuchan Arukh (Jospeh Karo) which came as a result of his opposition to reliance on law codes to the exclusion of studies on the original sources.
Works: Beit Israel; Sefer Me'irat Enayim (The Book that Enlightens the Eyes); Sefer ha-Hosafah; Kontres 'al Dine Ribbit; Pene Yehoshu'a; Novellae
Comments: Beit Israel is a commentary on Jacob ben Asher’s Arba'ah Turim (The Tur), which contains four sections:
Sefer Me'irat Enayim, also known as SMA is a commentary on the Ḥoshen Misphat section of the Shulchan Aruch. It contains corrections and clarifications and attempts to reconcile the views of Joseph Karo and Moses Isserles and deals with the criticism of Mordekhai Yafeh (Jaffe). Sefer Me'irat Enayim is the fourth section of Falk's Beit Israel.
Sefer ha-Hosafah is a supplement to Moses Isserles’ Darkhei Moshe.
Kontres ‘al Dine Ribbit is a discourse on the laws prohibiting usury, and some rabbinic ordinances (takkanot).
Pene Yehoshu’a is a collection of homilies following the order of the parashat hashavuah.
Joshua ben Alexander HaKohen Falk wrote Novellae on Talmudic treatises. Last database update: 20 January, 2021 |
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