Vitry-le-Françoisויטרי

Champagne, France

Vitry (the medieval Vitry, in the Champagne region of northern France) was the home of Rabbi Simchah of Vitry, an eleventh-to-twelfth-century Talmudist and close disciple of Rashi. He compiled the Machzor Vitry, an important early compendium of liturgical law and custom that also preserves responsa of Rashi and other authorities.

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