Moses Isserles
Moses Isserles · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Legal scholar and philosopher (the Rema) who wrote on astronomy and philosophy and adapted the Shulhan Arukh for Ashkenazi practice
c. 1530, Kraków, Kingdom of Poland — 1572, Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Kraków
Moses Isserles is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Legal scholar and philosopher (the Rema) who wrote on astronomy and philosophy and adapted the Shulhan Arukh for Ashkenazi practice
Moses Isserles, known by the acronym the Rema, was a leading Polish rabbi, halakhic authority and Talmudist who also wrote on astronomy, philosophy and Kabbalah. His glosses (the 'Mappah') to Joseph Karo's Shulhan Arukh recorded Ashkenazi custom, so that the combined work became the authoritative code of Jewish law for Ashkenazi Jewry. He was a central figure of Polish Jewry's golden age.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Legal scholar and philosopher (the Rema) who wrote on astronomy and philosophy and adapted the Shulhan Arukh for Ashkenazi practice
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
