Person · rabbi
Moses son of Mordecai Ashkenazi
משה ב״ר מרדכי אשכנזי
First chief judge outside the city walls and Torah teacher.
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... ש״מ (1580), ר׳ משה ב״ר מרדכי אשכנזי,
אב־בית־דין ראשון מחוץ לחומת־העיר, עסק בגמילות
חסדים, ועשה צדקה ומשפטים ישרים ומתוקים, הרביץ
תורה בישראל ורבים שתו מימיו, עבד ה׳ בכל לבבו
ונפשו, והאיר עיני ישראל בתורתו... ז׳ ניסן ש״מ־) ...Connected nodes
Place
outside the city walls
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Event
Death of Moses Ashkenazi
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Yehuda Leib son of Moses
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Benjamin son of Moses
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Work
Tavnit HaBayit
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Place
outside the city walls
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Naphtali Haritz son of Menahem
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Asher son of Isaac HaKohen
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Community
community outside the city
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Moses son of Mordecai Ashkenazi → outside the city walls
אב־בית־די ן ראשו ן מחו ץ לחומת־העיר
- role:
- first chief judge
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