Hagahot HaBach on Rif Avodah Zarahהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף עבודה זרה
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
בח
Bach
Bach
1561 CE–1640 CE · Acharonim · Pruzhany
Rabbi Yoel ben Shmuel Sirkes, known as the Bach (acronym for Bayit Ḥadash), was a towering figure of 17th-century Polish Jewry. Born around 1561, he served as rabbi of Belz and Brisk before settling finally as rabbi of Kraków, where he became one of the most influential halakhic authorities of his era. The Bach was renowned for his penetrating legal mind and his systematic approach to Jewish law. His magnum opus, the Bayit Ḥadash—a supercommentary on the Tur (Jacob ben Asher's code)—revolutionized the study of halakha by harmonizing contradictions between Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions and integrating the full corpus of Talmudic and post-Talmudic sources. He died in 1640, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most cited authorities in subsequent Jewish jurisprudence.
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What they did here
As a young man, he accepted a call to serve as rabbi of Pruzhany, a town in the vicinity of Slonim.
About Pruzhany
Pruzhany, a town in the Brest region of southwestern Belarus, had a long-established Jewish community within Lithuanian Jewry. Among the rabbis associated with the town was Rabbi Yoel Sirkes (the Bach), author of the Bayit Chadash commentary on the Tur, early in his rabbinic career.
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Hagahot HaBach on Rif Yomaהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף יומא
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Shabbatהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף שבת
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Ketubotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף כתובות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Sanhedrinהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף סנהדרין
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Taanitהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף תענית
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Berakhotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף ברכות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Bava Batraהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף בבא בתרא
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Megillahהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף מגילה
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Moed Katanהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף מועד קטן
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Beitzahהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף ביצה
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Yevamotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף יבמות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Kiddushinהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף קידושין
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Shevuotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף שבועות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Chullinהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף חולין
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Bava Kammaהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף בבא קמא
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Makkotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף מכות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Gittinהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף גיטין
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Rosh Hashanahהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף ראש השנה
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Pesachimהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף פסחים
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Eruvinהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף עירובין
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
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Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Bava Metziaהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף בבא מציעא
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Menachotהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף מנחות
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
Hagahot HaBach on Rif Sukkahהגהות הב״ח על רי״ף סוכה
Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
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