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Barukh Frankel-Teomim (Baruch Ta'am)

Barukh Frankel-Teomim (Baruch Ta'am)

1760 CE1828 CE · Acharonim · Lissa (Leszno)

Barukh Frankel-Teomim was a Galician rabbi and Talmudic scholar of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, active primarily in Eastern Europe. He was known for his profound mastery of Talmudic dialectic and his contributions to rabbinic jurisprudence. Frankel-Teomim served as a rabbi and was respected in his generation for his halakhic acumen, though he lived during a period of significant upheaval in Jewish Eastern European communities. He left behind influential writings and teachings that reflected the rigorous scholarly traditions of his era.

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Stop 1 of 41770–1778Studied

Lissa (Leszno)ליסהPoland

What they did here

During his student years he learned under Rabbi David Tebele, the head of the rabbinical court in Lissa, a teacher he later credited in his book Nefesh David.

About Lissa (Leszno)

R. Yaakov Lorberbaum (Netivot HaMishpat) served as rabbi here for 30+ years.

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