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22 Nisan · Yahrzeit

Rabbi Yehuda Rosanes - "Mishneh LaMelech"

Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel Rosanes (1657–1727), author of "Mishneh LaMelech" Yahrzeit - 22 Nissan Resting place - Istanbul, Turkey Rabbi Yehuda Rosanes was a rabbi of Constantinople and the son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Rosanes I. His teachers of Talmud and Rabbinics were Shmuel HaLevi and Yosef mi-Trani the Younger. Due to his excellent knowledge of Arabic and Turkish, he was appointed by the government as Chief Rabbi ("Chacham Bashi") of the Ottoman Empire. Rabbi Yehuda took a very active part in condemning and exposing the Sabbateans, and was one of those who signed an appeal to the German communities to oppose this movement (Yaakov Emden, Torat HaKenaot, Lemberg, 1870). One of his most famous students was Rabbi Yaakov Culi - author of "Me'am Lo'ez." Works "Mishneh LaMelech" (1731), explanations and commentary on Maimonides' "Yad HaChazakah" - considered the most outstanding commentary on the work of the Rambam. Rabbi Yehuda Rosanes was one of the leading sages of Constantinople of his generation, and the Sephardic sages admired him to such an extent that, given his great expertise and holiness, they called him "HaRav Tanna." The book was later edited by Rabbi Yehuda Rosanes' outstanding student, Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Culi, author of the book "Yalkut Me'am Lo'ez," who served as a dayan on the Beit Din. Rabbi Culi added his own commentaries and supplements. This was the first edition of "Mishneh LaMelech" to be printed as a separate book (before it was added to editions of the Rambam). Parashat Derachim (Constantinople, 1727), a work containing twenty-six treatises on various topics. A booklet titled Derech Mitzvotecha, a treatise on the 613 commandments, based on treatises on the same subject by Maimonides and others. This and other works were edited and published by his devoted student Rabbi Yaakov Culi. He passed away at an advanced age in Constantinople on April 13, 1727.   May the merit of the tzadik protect Am Yisrael! https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/337-Rabbi-Judah-ben-Samuel-Rosanes