Joel Sirkis

Joel Serkes (also Sirkis or Sirkes; * 1561 in Lublin, † 1640 in Kraków ) was a Jewish scholar and Dezisor, primarily known for his work Bayit Hadash (abbreviated Bach; " new house " ), Commentary on the door of Jacob b. Ascher.

He also wrote responsa and Talmudic comments. Philosophy he rejected as well as from the method of pilpul and preferred instead the study of Kabbalah.

Literature (selection )

  • Isaac coin, articles Serkes, JO'EL ben SAMUEL Segal Jaffe, in: Jewish Encyclopedia IV / 2, 378-379, Berlin 1927 ( for further references given )
  • Max Routtenberg Jonah: SIRKES, JOEL. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition, Volume 18, Detroit / New York, among others 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865946-6, p 644 (English)
  • Elijah Judah Schochet: Bach B Rabbi Joel Sirkes: His Life, Works, and Times, Feldheim, Jerusalem - New York 1971.
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