[Avodah] the mordechai

[Eli Turkel]

yahtzeit of the mordechai

Mordechai ben Hillel, the “Mordechai” (~1230-1298). A descendent of
the Ravyah, he was a principle disciple of the Maharam miRottenberg,
and a close friend of the Rosh. The Mordechai cites views of French
and German authorities and brings the piskei halacha of the Tosefos
without the discussion. He, his wife, and their five children were all
burned at the stake during the Rindfleisch pogroms, when over 100,000
Jews in Bavaria and Austria were murdered, and well over 100
communities disappeared.

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Eli Turkel