Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz
Template:Short description Shlomo Ephraim ben Aaron Luntschitz (1550 – 21 February[1] 1619) was a rabbi and Torah commentator, best known for his Torah commentary Script error: No such module "Lang"..[2] He served as the Rabbi of Prague from 1604 to 1619.
Biography
He was born in Łęczyca (also known as Luntschitz) and studied under Solomon Luria in Lublin, and subsequently served as rosh yeshiva (dean) of the yeshiva in Lvov (Lemberg). In 1604 he was appointed rabbi of Prague, a position he filled until his death. In the introduction of his Script error: No such module "Lang". he relates that the name Shlomo was added to his name during life-threatening illness, a common practice in Judaism. One of his students was Aaron Samuel ben Moses Shalom of Kremnitz.
Works
Luntschitz is best remembered for his homiletical work, most prominently Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, an allusion to Proverbs 20:15) on the Torah which first appeared in Lublin in 1602. It is still printed in many editions of the Pentateuch and continues to be highly popular.
He composed two penitential prayers in commemoration of the 1611 pogroms that hit Prague on the 2nd of Adar on the Jewish calendar.
In addition he wrote:
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, cf. Proverbs 21:22), comprising Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss) and two works of Torah homilies. It was first published in Basel in 1580.
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, a reference to Judges 8:2), four volumes of sermons published in Lublin 1590.
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, Esther 1:6), sermons (Prague, 1617). Known for its criticism of pilpul.
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, also Proverbs 20:15), a continuation of Script error: No such module "Lang". in style and reach, Prague 1610.
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, Proberbs 10:17), sermons for Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang"., Lublin 1595.
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Gloss, Deuteronomy 33:17), not extant but mentioned in the introduction of Script error: No such module "Lang"..
References
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- ↑ The date on his gravestone is Thursday, 7 Adar, year (5)379 (Anno Mundi).
- ↑ Although most write this as Keli Yakar, "the second word should be Yekar" (יְקָר), as the vowelization appears in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". (Marc Shapiro, Seforim Blog, The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1, endnote 4; Jewish Encyclopedia).
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Literature
- Leonard S. Levin: Seeing with Both Eyes: Ephraim Luntschitz and the Polish-Jewish Renaissance. Brill, Leiden/Boston 2008, Template:ISBN.
External links
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