Jacob ben Joseph Reischer

Jacob ben Joseph Reischer (Bechofen) (1661-1733) was an Austrian rabbi and halakhist born at Prague.

Biography

He was the son of R. Joseph, author of Gib'ot 'Olam, and a pupil of R. Simon Spira of Prague, who gave him in marriage the daughter of his son Benjamin Wolf. Reischer was dayyan at Prague, whence he was called to the rabbinate of Rzeszów in Galicia, deriving his name Reischer from that city, which is known as Reische among the Jews. He was subsequently called to the rabbinate of Ansbach, and then occupied a similar position at Worms, from 1713 to 1719, when he went to Metz, officiating there until his death Feb. 1733. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Metz.

Reischer was the author of the following works:

  1. (Halle, 1709), with the appendix Pe'er Ya'aḳob, containing novellæ on the treatises Berakot, Baba Ḳamma, and Giṭṭin
  2. (Offenbach, 1719), treatises on the rules "miggo" and "sefeḳ sefeḳa"
  3. (Metz, 1789), containing also his Lo Hibbiṭ Awen be-Ya'aḳob, a reply to the attacks of contemporary rabbis upon his Minḥat Ya'aḳob and Torat ha-Shelamim

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

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