Portrait of a Seventeenth Century Rabbi
Davis, Joseph
Description: New. 320 pp. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller (1578-1654), author of the famous Mishnah commentary Tosafot yom tov, was a major talmudist, a disciple of the legendary Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague, and himself the distinguished chief rabbi of Prague and Cracow. The time in which he lived began as a ?golden age' for the Jews of Prague and the Jews of Poland, an age of prosperity and the rise of Jewish mysticism. During Heller's lifetime, however, the golden age changed to darkness, and prosperity gave way to ...
Languages: English
Additional Information
| Format | Paperback |
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| List Price | $29.99 |
| Author | Joseph Davis |



