הרב יאיר חיים בכרך

Rabbi Yair Bacharach
Acharonim · c. 1500-1900 CE

הרב שמעון יאיר חיים בַּכָרָךְ שימש כרב בקובלנץ, מיינץ (מגנצא) ובסוף ימיו בוורמס (וורמייזא). היה מגדולי האחרונים באשכנז, ונודע בשל ספר השו"ת "חות יאיר".

Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach was a German rabbi and major 17th century posek, who lived first in Koblenz and then the remainder of his life in Worms and Mainz. His grandmother Eva Bacharach was a granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague, and his father Moses Samson Bacharach, and grandfather had served as rabbis of Worms.

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

Reasoning · Bava Metzia

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A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…

Reasoning 3 min