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Solomon Luria (
1510 -
November 7,
1574) (
Hebrew:
שלמה לוריא) was one of the great
Ashkenazic
poskim (decisors of
Jewish law) and teachers of his time. He is known for his work of
Halakha,
Yam Shel Shlomo, and his
Talmudic commentary
Chochmat Shlomo. Luria is also referred to as
Maharshal מהרש"ל (
Hebrew abbreviation: Our Teacher, Rabbi Solomon Luria), or
Rashal רש"ל (Rabbi Solomon Luria).
Biography
Luria was born in
Posen. His father, Yechiel Luria, was the rabbi of the
Lithuanian city of
Slutzk and an eminent
Talmudist. The Luria family could trace it roots back to
Rashi; Maharshal was also a cousin of
Moshe Isserles. Luria studied in
Lublin under Rabbi
Shalom Shachna, and later in the
Ostroh yeshiva under
Kalonymus Haberkasten; he later married Lipka, daughter of Rabbi Kalonymus. Students in the yeshiva included
Joshua Falk. The Maharshal served as Rabbi in
Brisk and various Lithuanian communities for 15 years.
When Haberkasten assumed the position of
rosh yeshiva in Brisk, Luria replaced him as the official rabbi of the city and region of Ostroh. Luria later succeeded
Shalom Shachna as
head of the famed
Lublin Yeshiva, which attracted students from all over
Europe. Due to various internal problems in the yeshiva, he opened his own
yeshiva. The building, known as the "Maharshal's shul", remained intact until
World War II.
Works
Yam Shel Shlomo, Luria's major work of
Halakha, was written on sixteen tractates of the Talmud; however, it's extant on only seven. In it, Maharshal analyzes key
sugyot (passages) and
decides between various authorities as to the practical halacha. Maharshal, famously, objected to
Isserles's method of presenting halakhic rulings without discussing their derivation. He wrote
Yam Shel Shlomo to "probe the depths of the halacha" and to clarify the process by which those halachot are reached.
Chochmat Shlomo is a gloss, and comments, on the text of the Talmud. One function of this work is to correct textual errors. In establishing the correct text Maharshal scrutinized the published editions of the Talmud as well as the commentaries of
Rashi,
Tosafot, and other
Rishonim. His comments were later published by his son; an abridged version of
Chochmat Shlomo appears in nearly all editions of the Talmud today, at the end of each tractate. The original, separately printed version, is far more extensive, and has now been re-published in the Metivta/Oz ve-Hadar edition of the Talmud. The
Chidah writes that "I've heard from elders, that the Maharshal is extremely deep; and most
hasogot from the
Maharshah on the Maharshal, aren't
hasogot if the reader will delve deep into the subject".
Maharshal also wrote:
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