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    Moses Isserles (Hebrew: משה בן ישראל איסרלישׂ; Polish: Mojżesz ben Israel Isserles; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332), also...
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    as Isserles', with Karo usually referred to as "the Mekhaber" (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר, "author") and Isserles as "the Rema" (an acronym of Moshe Isserles)....
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    Israel ben Josef, the grandson of Moshe Auerbach of Regensburg, founded the synagogue in honor of his son Moshe Isserles, who already in his youth was famed...
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  • the entire egg is forbidden. To avoid the complexity of these rules, Moshe Isserles records a custom not to eat any such eggs with blood spots. If the egg...
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    codex laid on the ground, each one bending in turn to read a passage. Moshe Isserles (16th century) mentioned a custom to sway during Torah study to recall...
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    Minhagim was a source of law for Moses Isserles’ component of the Shulkhan Arukh. Maharil was the son and pupil of Moshe Levi Moelin, Rabbi of Mainz, and a...
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  • ceremony) and its subsequent seudah is of such great significance that Moshe Isserles ("the Rama") notes a Talmudic saying that one who is invited but does...
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    Vikuach Mayim Chaim which challenged the rulings of Krakow legalist, Moshe Isserles. Towards the end of his life Loew moved back to Prague, where he died...
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    Sephardic and Ashkenazi halachic authorities, Rabbi Yosef Karo, and Rabbi Moshe Isserles stated "one should not nullify the custom or belittle it", as the custom...
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  • while Rabbi Isserles was working yet in his work, the Darkhei Moshe. Knowing that the work of Rabbi Karo had reached widely its goals, Isserles published...
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