SHAPIRA, JOSHUA ISAAC BEN JEHIEL
- SHAPIRA, JOSHUA ISAAC BEN JEHIEL
- SHAPIRA, JOSHUA ISAAC BEN JEHIEL (d. 1873), rabbi and
talmudist. Known as Eizel Ḥarif ("sharp") because he was one of the
keenest intellects and most outstanding pilpulists of his day, he was
av bet din successively at Kalvarija, Kutno, Tiktin, and,
finally, Slonim.
Shapira was the author of (1) Emek Yehoshua (1942), in two
parts: part 1 – 24 responsa on the Shulḥan Arukh; part 2 – 16 occasional
homilies; (2) Naḥalat Yehoshu'a (1851), in two parts: part 1
– responsa on several halakhot and various
subjects in the Babylonian and
Jerusalem Talmuds; part 2 – Sabbath and festival homilies, and, at the
end, a eulogy on his father; (3) No'am Yerushalmi, commentary
and glosses on the Jerusalem Talmud – on Zera'im (1863),
Mo'ed (1866), Nashim (1868), Nezikin
(1869); (4) Ibbei ha-Naḥal (1855?), homilies; (5) Sefat
ha-Naḥal (1859), homilies and comments on aggadot in
the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds; (6) Aẓat Yehoshu'a
(1868), commentary on the questions asked by the "sages of Athens" (Bek.
8b); (7) Marbeh Eẓah (1870), commentary on the aggadic
statements of Rabbah bar Ḥana; (8) Marbeh Tevunah (1872), on
the basic principles of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. Shapira
was one of the few scholars in his generation who attached as much value
to the Jerusalem Talmud as to the Babylonian, a fact amply reflected in
his commentaries.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
S.M. Chones, Toledot ha-Posekim (1910), 481.
(Samuel Abba Horodezky)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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