Alexander Suslin | אלכסנדר זוסלין הכהן

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R. Alexander Suslin (d. 1349) was the author of the Aguda, a practical book of halacha for his harried and oppressed generation

In the mid-1500s, two roads converged: the Rema put down his pen in deference to the Beit Yosef, pledging himself to the project that would become Shulchan Aruch. But it could have been different for Ashkenaz, with its chaotic texts

R. Alexander Suslin gives us a glimpse of this pic.twitter.com/DRnsvb23Pj

— Dr. Tamar Marvin (@tamar_marvin) April 11, 2022