About Gershon Ashkenazi
Lived 1618 – 1693 (aged 74–75). Gershon Ashkenazi was a rabbi.
Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi (c.1620 – 1693) was a Polish Talmudist who studied under Joel Sirkis. He was a disciple of the Maharam Shif and the Rabbi Heschel of Kraków.
During his lifetime, Ashkenazi was a recognised authority in Talmudic law. Ashkenazi authored the Sefer Avodas HaGersuhni.
Between 1649 and 1664, he served as a Rabbi in Prossnitz, Hanau, and Nikolsburg. After his arrival in the city, he reached a high degree of respect in Metz, where he was commonly sought after for rituals and teaching. Ashkenazi was popular and revered amongst a large number of his pupils, notably Rabbi David Oppenheim.
Ashkenazi died on March 20, 1693, in Nikolsburg.
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German rabbi
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Gershon Ashkenazi was born in 1618.
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Gershon Ashkenazi died on 20 March 1693 in Metz.
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Gershon Ashkenazi was a rabbi.
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