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Rashash

1794 CE1872 CE · Acharonim · Vilna (Vilnius)

A prominent Vilna Talmudist and layman, Shmuel Strashun was a wealthy merchant who devoted his life to scholarship without holding a formal rabbinic post. His extensive annotations on the Babylonian Talmud and its major commentaries, known as *Hagahos HaRashash*, are included in standard editions of the Vilna Shas. He also authored works tracing the Talmudic sources used by Maimonides.

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Stop 1 of 31794–1812Born

Zaskevich

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Educated by his father Yosef and became known as a proficient Talmudist.

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Chiddushei VeHagahos HaRashash

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Mekorei HaRambam

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