הרב מרדכי יפה

Rabbi Mordechai Yoffe
Acharonim · c. 1500-1900 CE

הרב מרדכי יפה, המכונה "בעל הלבושים" או "בעל הלבוש", היה רב, פוסק ומפרש "השולחן ערוך", מחבר ספרי הלכה יסודיים ומחכמי בוהמיה ופולין.

Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe was a rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is best known as author of Levush Malkhus, a ten-volume codification of Jewish law that particularly stressed the customs of the Jews of Eastern Europe. He is known as "the Levush" or "the Ba'al HaLevushim", for this work.

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

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