Rabbi Meshullam Igra

1752 CE–1801 CE · Acharonim · Pressburg (Bratislava)

Rabbi Meshullam Igra was a Galician-born Talmudic prodigy renowned for his razor-sharp pilpul and encyclopedic command of halakhic literature. He served leading communities in Galicia and ultimately Pressburg, where he was the immediate predecessor of the Chasam Sofer; his teachings and responsa are collected in Igra Ramah and Igra d'Kallah.

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Buchach (Buczacz)Galicia (Ukraine)

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Born into a distinguished rabbinic family in Buczacz, Galicia.

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Shu"t Rabbeinu Meshullam Igra

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Igra Ramah

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