BARUCH BEN SAMUEL OF ALEPPO
- BARUCH BEN SAMUEL OF ALEPPO
- BARUCH BEN SAMUEL OF ALEPPO (also called Baruch of
Greece, or the Sephardi; 1070/80–1130/40), talmudic
commentator. It is surmised that he was either from southern Italy or
Spain. He immigrated to Ereẓ Israel and then to Aleppo, from where he
sent questions to Samuel b. Ali, head of the Baghdad yeshivah. His
commentaries are frequently quoted by the scholars of Germany, Italy,
Provence, and Spain, among them isaac b. moses of vienna , author
of Or Zaru'a and isaiah b. mali di trani . He is mostly
quoted by zechariah aghmati in his commentary on Bava Kamma,
Bava Meẓia and Bava Batra. Baruch relied mainly on
hananel 's commentary and Perushei Magenẓa (Mainz)
attributed to gershom b. judah . He followed the method of giving
a precis of the talmudic text and interweaving his own commentary. Like
nissim b. jacob and Hananel b. Ḥushiel he referred to the talmudic
sources, Sifra, Sifrei, and Tosefta, and was meticulous with
regard to variant readings. He also wrote Ḥibbur Tohorot,
which is mentioned by Isaiah di Trani, and a book of halakhic decisions.
Only his commentary to Horayot has survived and is printed in
the Romm editions of the Talmud, although erroneously ascribed to
Hananel.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
S. Assaf, in: Tarbiz, 1 no. 1 (1930), 126; Epstein,
ibid., 1 no. 4 (1930), 27–62; 16 (1944/45), 49–53.
(Josef Horovitz)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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