Kalonymus Ben Gershon

German Talmudist of the thirteenth century. He was a contemporary of Eleazar of Worms and Menahem ben Jacob, with whom he disputed concerning a halakic decision. The controversy is quoted by Mordecai ben Hillel ("Mordekai," Yebamot ix., end) and in the "Haggahot Maimoniyyot" ("Hilkot Gerushim," xiii.).

Bibliography:

  * Michael, Or, ha-Ḥayyim, p. 572.



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