Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin
Deceased Person
1365 – 1427
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Who was Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin?
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin was a Talmudist and posek best known for his codification of the customs of the German Jews. He is also known as Maharil - the Hebrew acronym for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi, Yaakov Levi" - as well as Mahari Segal or Mahari Moelin. Maharil's Minhagim was a source of law for Moses Isserles’ component of the Shulkhan Arukh.
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- Born
- 1365
Mainz - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Died
- Sep 14, 1427
Worms - Resting place
- Jewish Cemetery, Worms
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on July 23, 2013
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