Judah Ashkenazi

Rabbi Judah Ashkenazi
יהודה אשכנזי
Parent	Simon (father)
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Judah ben Simon Sofer Frankfurt Ashkenazi (Tiktin) was a Polish commentator on the Shulchan Aruch . He officiated as "dayyan" (a judge in a Jewish religious court ^[1] ) at Tikotzin, Poland, in the first half of the eighteenth century. ^[2]

Main work

Main article: Ba'er Hetev

He wrote Ba'er Hetev (also spelled B’er Heteb) ^[3] (Hebrew : באר היטב; "Explaining Well"), which comments briefly on the first three parts of the Shulchan Aruch (" Orach Chayim ", " Yoreh De'ah ", and " Even Ha'ezer "). A similar commentary on the fourth part of the Shulchan Aruch — that is, on the " Choshen Mishpat " — was written by Rabbi Moses Frankfurter, dayyan of Amsterdam. Ashkenazi's work was appended to the Shulchan Aruch in the editions of Amsterdam, 1753 and 1760, and went through many editions. ^[2]

References

1. "Dayyan". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Louis Ginzberg and Moses Beer (1901–1906). "ASHKENAZI (TIKTIN), JUDAH B. SIMON SOFER FRANKFURT". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
   Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
   • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 586;
   • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 62, 63;
   • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1292.
3. Trachtenberg, Joshua (2004) [Originally published 1939]. "HEBREW SOURCES, PRINTED". Jewish Magic and Superstition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 320. ISBN   9780812218626 . Retrieved Mar 13, 2023.