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{{Short description|13th century German rabbi and tosafist}}
'''Simḥa ben Samuel of [[Speyer]]''' (13th century) was a German rabbi and [[tosafist]]. Neither the year of his birth nor that of his death is known. He was one of the leading signatories of the [[Takkanot Shum]]<ref>compare [[Moses Minz]], Responsa, No. 202</ref> He was a nephew of the director (''[[Gabbai|parnas]]'') [[Kalonymus]], a student of R. [[Eliezer of Metz]], and a colleague of [[Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi]].

Simha was the author of the following works:
* Commentary on the treatise [[Horayot]] (quoted in Tosafot Horayot 4b, s.v. ''Keri'')
* [[Tosafot]] and [[Chidush|novellæ]] on the [[Talmud]];
* ''Seder Olam,'' a work divided into paragraphs and containing decisions, comments on Talmudic passages, and regulations for religious practice (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot,'' Ishut 6:14, Tefillah 9). All the responsa and decisions which the earlier authors quote in the name of R. Simḥah were probably taken from this work.
* ''Tikkun Shetarot,'' on agreements and documents (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot'', Gerushin 4:12)
* Sections ("she'arim") on the laws of blessings (quoted in ''Haggahot Maimoniyyot'' [[Berakhot (Talmud)|Berakhot]] 8)
Aside from these works decisions and responsa by Simḥah are mentioned in the responsa collection of R. [[Meir of Rothenburg]] (Nos. 573, 927, 931, 932) and in the works of several older authors.

==References==
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{{JewishEncyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=S&artid=784|article=Simhah b. Samuel of Speyer}} Its bibliography:
*[[Leopold Zunz]], Literaturgesch. pp.&nbsp;309–311;
*[[Heimann Joseph Michael|Michael, Heimann Joseph]], (1891) ''Or ha-Ḥayyim'', Frankfort-on-the-Main (in Hebrew) Nos. 12, 15

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