Beit Shmuelבית שמואל
Frankfurt am Main · 1689
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Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus
Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus
Also known as Rabbi Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (Beit Shmuel)
1650 CE–1706 CE · Acharonim
Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (c. 1650-1706) was a Polish rabbi best known for Beit Shmuel, his commentary on the Even HaEzer section of the Shulchan Aruch, which governs the laws of marriage and divorce. A student of Rabbi Joshua Heshel in Krakow, he served as rabbi in Szydlow, where he composed the first version of the work, published in Dyhernfurth in 1689. In 1691 he was called to the rabbinate of Furth in Germany, where he revised and completed it, issuing the final form in 1694. Beit Shmuel became one of the standard commentaries printed alongside the Even HaEzer to this day.
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