Rabbi Dovid Frankel

Rabbi Dovid ben Naftali Fränkel was a pioneering Talmudist who devoted himself to the systematic study and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud, a work that had been largely neglected by earlier scholars. His multi-part commentary Korban ha-Edah became foundational for subsequent study of the Yerushalmi and established him as a leading halachic authority in Central European Jewry. As chief rabbi of Berlin, he exercised profound influence as an educator, most notably guiding Moshe Mendelssohn through advanced Talmudic and philosophical study.