About Judah ben Eliezer Briel
Lived 1643 – 1722 (aged 78–79). Judah ben Eliezer Briel was a rabbi.
Judah Leon ben Eliezer Brieli (or Briel) (; – 1722) was a rabbi at Mantua.
Besides being a high Talmudical authority, as is shown in the responsa of , Samson Morpurgo, and others who asked his opinion on halakhic questions, Brieli was well versed in the secular sciences. in which Brieli's knowledge of mathematics, logic, and natural history is highly praised. the others are still extant in manuscript (Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, Nos. 22, 23; Adolf Neubauer, Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. in the Bodleian Library s.v.).
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Who was Judah ben Eliezer Briel?
Italian rabbi (1643–1722)
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Judah ben Eliezer Briel was born in 1643 in Mantua.
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Judah ben Eliezer Briel died in 1722 in Mantua.
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Judah ben Eliezer Briel was a rabbi.
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