1230 CE–1280 CE · Rishonim · Corbeil-Essonnes
Rabbi Yitzchak of Corbeil (c. 1230–1280) was a French Tosafist and legal codifier active in the Île-de-France region. He is best known as the author of the Sefer Mitzvot Katan (The Small Book of Commandments), a systematic enumeration and exposition of the 613 commandments organized into seven 'pillars' corresponding to the seven days of the week, which became influential in medieval Jewish practice and study. Writing in the tradition of the Tosafists, Yitzchak synthesized Talmudic discussions with practical halakha, making Jewish law accessible to scholars and students. His work demonstrates the characteristic French Jewish approach to legal reasoning and represents an important bridge between the Talmudic sources and later codifiers such as the Shulchan Aruch.
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Corbeil (today Corbeil-Essonnes, near Paris in northern France) was the home of Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil, a thirteenth-century Tosafist and son-in-law of Yechiel of Paris. He authored the Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Semak, also titled Amudei Golah), a widely circulated abridged code of the commandments completed in 1277.
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Corbeil-Essonnes · 1260
A concise enumeration and explanation of the 613 commandments arranged by their occurrence in the Torah, focusing on practical halakha and ethical instruction.
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Corbeil-Essonnes · 1263