Judah Ashkenazi

18th-century Polish rabbi

Rabbi

Judah Ashkenazi

יהודה אשכנזי

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* Simon (father)

Religious life
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Judah ben Simon Sofer Frankfurt Ashkenazi (Tiktin) was a Polish commentator on the Shulchan Aruch. He officiated as "dayyan" (a judge in a Jewish religious court[1]) at Tikotzin, Poland, in the first half of the eighteenth century.[2]

## Main work

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Main article: Ba'er Hetev

He wrote Ba'er Hetev (also spelled B’er Heteb)[3] (Hebrew: באר היטב; "Explaining Well"), which comments briefly on the first three parts of the Shulchan Aruch ("Orach Chayim", "Yoreh De'ah", and "Even Ha'ezer"). A similar commentary on the fourth part of the Shulchan Aruch — that is, on the "Choshen Mishpat" — was written by Rabbi Moses Frankfurter, dayyan of Amsterdam. Ashkenazi's work was appended to the Shulchan Aruch in the editions of Amsterdam, 1753 and 1760, and went through many editions.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Dayyan". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2. ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Louis Ginzberg and Moses Beer (1901–1906). "ASHKENAZI (TIKTIN), JUDAH B. SIMON SOFER FRANKFURT". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
* Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 586;
* Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 62, 63;
* Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1292.
3. ^ Trachtenberg, Joshua (2004) [Originally published 1939]. "HEBREW SOURCES, PRINTED". Jewish Magic and Superstition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 320\. ISBN 9780812218626. Retrieved Mar 13, 2023.

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*[Bibl. Jud.]: Bibliotheca Judaica
*[Cat. Bodl.]: Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Bodleian Library