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Tag: Geonim

Image for Shimusha Rabbah: opening page of Rosh's Halakhot Ketannot (Frankfurt, 1720)

Who was the Shimusha Rabba?

Posted on 9 August 202029 November 2020 by Tamar Marvin

When the Shimusha Rabba is mentioned, it’s usually in connection to a rare, alternative form of tefillin. Lesser known is the source for this method, a short halakhic work on tefillin from the period of the Geonim, possibly from the earlier part of the period to which relatively few sources attest. The gaonic-era author is…

Filed under: Halakhah

Tags: Geonim, Machzor Vitry, Rishonim, Rosh, Sefer ha-Ittim, tefillin

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