Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow
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Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה מנדל בן אריה ליב) was a Polish Talmudist, native of Cracow, and in later life chief rabbi and head of the yeshibah at Belz
, Galicia. He was the author of Be'er Heitev
, a well-known commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
, Yoreh De'ah, and Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib. 1764); the work is principally a compendium of the Sifte Kohen and Ṭure Zahab.
Belz
Belz , a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream....
, Galicia. He was the author of Be'er Heitev
Be'er Heitev
Ba'er Heitev is a Hebrew commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, the chief codification of Jewish law...
, a well-known commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
Shulchan Aruch
The Shulchan Aruch also known as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most authoritative legal code of Judaism. It was authored in Safed, Israel, by Yosef Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later...
, Yoreh De'ah, and Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib. 1764); the work is principally a compendium of the Sifte Kohen and Ṭure Zahab.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii., s.v. Be'er Heṭeb;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 318.