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Almost every Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasty traces its ancestry back to either Yocheved or Miriam, and the majority of the tosafists, were recent descendants of Rashi's daughters. All born in Troyes , France , their descendants inhabited Germany , France , and Italy in the early 11th to 15th centuries, with the majority later moving to Eastern ...
Rashi was an only child born at Troyes, Champagne, in northern France.His mother's brother was Simeon bar Isaac, rabbi of Mainz. [12] [13] Simon was a disciple of Gershom ben Judah, [14] who died that same year.
His mother Julia-Malka Luria was the granddaughter of Aaron Luria, founder of the Luria family and a descendant of Rashi. [ citation needed ] After studying at Prague under the well-known casuist Jacob Pollak , he went to Padua and entered the yeshiva of Judah Minz , whose granddaughter, Hannah, he afterwards married.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (Hebrew: יהודה ליווא בן בצלאל; 1512 [1] – 17 September 1609), [2] also known as Rabbi Loew (alt. Löw, Loewe, Löwe or Levai), the Maharal of Prague (Hebrew: מהר״ל מפראג), or simply the Maharal (the Hebrew acronym of "Moreinu ha-Rav Loew", 'Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew'), was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, mathematician, astronomer ...
Isaac Hatzarfati: Samuel: Rashi: Meir: Jochebed: Rachel: Eliezer: Miriam: Judah ben Nathan: Samuel ben Meir: Rabbeinu Tam: Miriam: Samson ben Yosef: Rivam: Solomon ...
His father was Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise, who was the son of Judah ben Nathan (known as Rivan), Rashi's son-in-law. His brother was Rabbi Yosef. He married the widow of Isaac ben Meir (known as (Rivam), the brother of Rashbam and Rabbeinu Tam, who was a cousin of his father, Rabbi Yom Tov. [1] His sons were Rabbi Yitzchak and Rabbi Eliezer.
The Luria family claims descent from Rashi. [1] Luria studied in Lublin under Rabbi Shalom Shachna, and later in the Ostroh yeshiva under Kalonymus Haberkasten; he later married Lipka, daughter of Rabbi Kalonymus. Students in the yeshiva included Joshua Falk. The Maharshal served as Rabbi in Brisk and various Lithuanian communities for 15 years.
Rabbi Solomon was the son of Rabbi Meir ben Samuel and Jochebed. He was brother to Jacob (known as Rabbeinu Tam), [1] Samuel (known as Rashbam) and Isaac (known as Rivam). His year of birth is unknown but it was after 1104. He wrote a commentary on the Torah cited in the book Arugat Habosem by Rabbi Abraham ben Azriel.