Samuel Taitazak — (Hebrew: שמואל טאיטאצק) was a Talmudist who lived at Salonica in the 16th century. He was the author of She elot u Teshubot, responsa, some of which have been included in Judah Ṭaiṭazaḳ s She erit Yehudah and in Samuel di Medina s collection of… … Wikipedia
Joseph Taitazak — Joseph ben Solomon Ṭaiṭazaḳ (Hebrew: יוסף בן שלמה טאיטאצק), also referred to by the acronym MahaRITaTS , was a talmudic authority and kabalist who lived at Salonica in the 15th and 16th centuries. With his father and his brother he went in 1492… … Wikipedia
Jacob ben Samuel Taitazak — (Hebrew: יעקב בן שמואל טאיטאצק) was a Talmudist of the 16th century, and author of a responsum inserted in Samuel di Medina s collection entitled She elot u Teshubot MaHRaSHDaM (vol. iii., § 203, Salonica, 1598). References *JewishEncyclopedia … Wikipedia
Judah ben Solomon Taitazak — (Hebrew: יהודה בן שלמה טאיטאצק), brother of Joseph ben Solomon, was a Talmudist who lived at Salonica in the 15th and 16th centuries. He was the author of She erit Yehudah (Salonica, 1599 1600), commentating and supplementing Joseph Caro s Bet… … Wikipedia
ISTANBUL — ISTANBUL, city in N.W. turkey , on both sides of the Bosphorus at its entrance on the Sea of Marmara (for history prior to 1453, see constantinople ). Constantinople was taken from the Byzantine emperor in 1453 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac Adarbi — (1510? ndash; 1584?) (also Adribi, Hebrew: יצחק בן שמואל אדרבי), was a casuist and preacher of the Shalom Congregation of Salonica during the 16th century. He was the pupil of Joseph Taitazak and the schoolmate of Samuel de Medina. WorksAdarbi… … Wikipedia
SERRAI — (Serres), town in Macedonia, Greece, E.N.E. of salonika . There was a Jewish community in Serrai in Byzantine times. There are scant references to Jews in Serres in the 12th and 14th centuries. After the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453 ,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Solomon Molcho — Stylized signature of Solomon Molcho. Source: Manuscript owned by the Alliance Israélite Universelle Born Diogo Pires 1500 Portugal Died … Wikipedia
Samuel de Medina — Rabbi Samuel ben Moses de Medina (abbreviated RaShDaM, Hebrew רשד ם or Maharashdam ), was a Talmudist and author; born 1505; died October 12, 1589, at Salonica. He was principal of the Talmudic college of that city, which produced a great number… … Wikipedia
Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi — Eliezer (Lazer) ben Elijah Ashkenazi (1512–December 13, 1585) ( he. אליעזר בן אליהו אשכנזי) was a Talmudist, rabbi, physician, and many sided scholar. Though of a German family (according to some, the relative of Joseph Colon; see Marco Mortara,… … Wikipedia
