Biography
Rabbi Yechiel of Paris was one of the Rishonim. He is cited in many halachic discussions in the nosey keilim of the Shulchan Aruch and considered a leading posek of the French Rishonim.
He appears, for example, in a halachic discussion in Orach Chaim concerning the proper placement of the tefillin shel yad — on the upper arm, at the muscle of the joint between the forearm and the shoulder, tilted slightly so that it rests opposite the heart.
The passage cites his ruling on the case of a left-handed person, who places the tefillin on what is the right hand of most people. Rabbi Yechiel’s explanation is brought to clarify the precise conditions under which this applies, showing him as an authority whose words were drawn upon to settle a practical point in the laws of tefillin.
רבי יחיאל מפריש היה תלמיד חכם צרפתי בתקופת הראשונים, מבעלי התוספות, אב בית דין, ראש ישיבת "מדרש הגדול דפריש" ומגדולי וחשובי רבני דורו שפעל במאה ה-13 בממלכת צרפת. בזמנו נאלץ לעמוד בראש חכמי דורו בדיון משפטי הידוע כ"משפט פריז" בדבר אשמתם של היהודים על הכתוב בתלמוד. חבר השופטים הנוצרי מצא את התלמוד אשם בדין וגזר על שריפת התלמוד.
Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris or Jehiel of Paris, called Sire Vives in French and Vivus Meldensis in Latin, was a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France, father-in-law of Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil. He was a disciple of Rabbi Judah Messer Leon, and succeeded him in 1225 as head of the Yeshiva of Paris, which then boasted some 300 students; his best known student was Meir of Rothenburg. He is the author of many Tosafot.
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