Perez ben Elijah

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Perez ben Elijah

Perez ben Elijah of Corbeil (died 1295) was a French tosafist, son of the Talmudist Elijah of Tours. In Talmudical literature he is designated by the abbreviations RaP (= Rabbi Perez), RaPaSh (= Rabbi Perez, may he live), and MaHaRPaSh (= our master Rabbi Perez, may he live).

Perez had for masters Rabbi Jehiel of Paris and Samuel of Evreux. He traveled throughout Brabant

Brabant

Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent:* The Carolingian pagus Bracbatensis, located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle between the 9th and 11th century;...
, and sojourned for a time in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, where he made the acquaintance of Meir of Rothenburg

Meir of Rothenburg

Meir of Rothenburg was a Germany rabbi and poet, a major author of the tosafot on Rashi's commentary on the Talmud. He is also known as Meir Ben Baruch, the Maharam of Rothenburg....
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Germany

Meir of Rothenburg

Meir of Rothenburg was a Germany rabbi and poet, a major author of the tosafot on Rashi's commentary on the Talmud. He is also known as Meir Ben Baruch, the Maharam of Rothenburg....
. On his return home he delivered lectures on Talmudical subjects. These lectures were attended by the most celebrated rabbis of the fourteenth century; and his fame as a Talmudical authority became universal, his commentaries being studied in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Germany

Germany

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. He died before 1298, probably in 1295.

Perez was the author of the following works:

Glosses on the Ammude ha-Golah of Isaac of Corbeil, published together with the text, Cremona, 1556.
Commentaries on the greater part of the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
. These commentaries, variously entitled "Tosafot," "Shi??ah," "Nimu?im," "?iddushim," "Perishah," underwent many changes introduced by Perez's numerous disciples; only the commentary on the treatise Baba Metzia has been preserved in its original redaction. Two of the commentaries, on Baba Kamma and Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin (Talmud)

Sanhedrin is one of ten tractates of the Nezikin . The Gemara of the tractate is noteworthy as precursors to the development of common law principles ....
, were published by Abraham Venano at Leghorn in 1819; that on the tenth chapter of Pesahim
Pesahim

Pesahim is the third tractate of Moed of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It is concerned mainly with the laws of the Jewish holiday Passover as well as the Passover lamb offering....
was reproduced by Mordecai ben Hillel
Mordecai ben Hillel

Mordechai ben Hillel, also known as The Mordechai, , was a 13th century Germany rabbi and posek. His chief legal commentary on the Talmud, referred to as the Mordechai, is one of the sources of the Shulchan Aruch....
in his Mordekai; and many others were given by Bezaleel Ashkenazi in his Shi??ah Me?ubbe?et.
Glosses on the collection of the ritual laws entitled Tashba? of Samson ben Zadok, published together with the text, Cremona, 1556-1561.
Sefer Pere?, a Masoretic work which is no longer in existence.

Bibliography

Abraham Zacuto

Abraham Zacuto was a Sephardi Jews astronomer, astrologer, mathematician and historian who served as Royal Astronomer in the 15th century to King John II of Portugal....
, Sefer Yu?asin, ed. Filipowski, p. 233; Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii. 149; David Conforte

David Conforte

David Conforte was a Hebrew literary historian born in Salonica, author of the literary chronicle known by the title ?ore ha-Dorot....
, Kore ha-Dorot, p. 17; Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz was the founder of what has been termed the "Science of Judaism" , the critical investigation of rabbinic literature, hymnology and ritual....
, Z. G. p. 41; Moritz Steinschneider

Moritz Steinschneider

Moritz Steinschneider was a Bohemian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider , who was not only an expert Talmudist, but was also well versed in secular science....
, Cat. Bodl. col. 2643; Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan was a France philosopher and writer, deeply attached to his native province of Brittany. He is best known for his influential historical works on early Christianity and his political theory theories....
-Adolf Neubauer

Adolf Neubauer

Adolf Neubauer was sublibrarian at the Bodleian Library and reader in Rabbinic Hebrew at Oxford University. Born at Bittse, Hungary, he received a thorough education in rabbinical literature, and his earliest contributions were made to the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums and the Journal Asiatique ....
, Les Rabbins Français, pp. 449 et seq.; Henri Gross, Gallia Judaica, pp. 565 et seq.