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Rabbi Yoel Sirkis (1561-1640) was a prominent Polish Poske and halakhist ("Authority on Jewish law"). He lived in central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk, and Kraków. Rabbi Sirkis is also known as "the Bach" an abbreviation for his best known work, Bayit Chadash.

Biography

Rabbi Sirkis was born in Lublin in 1561. At age fourteen he went to the yeshiva of Solomon ben Judah. After remaining there some time he went to Brest-Litovsk, where he attended the yeshiva of R. Phoebus. While still a youth he was invited to the rabbinate of Pruszany, near Slonim. Later he occupied the rabbinates of Lubkow, Lublin, Medzyboz, Beldza, Szydlowka, and finally Brest-Litovsk and Cracow, succeeding in each of the two last-mentioned places his teacher R. Phoebus.

"The Bach" was an adherent of the Kabbalah and an opponent of "pilpul". He was the father-in-law of Rabbi David HaLevi Segal, who frequently refers to him in Turei Zahav, his commentary on the Shulkhan Arukh. Rabbi Sirkis died in Cracow in 1640.

Works

Bayit Chadash ("New House", a reference to Deuteronomy 22:8, abbreviated as Bach), is a major commentary on the Arba'ah Turim of Jacob ben Asher. The work presents and elucidates the fundamental principles of the Torah as recorded in the Mishnah, the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, and the chief codes.

Rabbi Sirkis also wrote:

Meshiv Nefesh, a commentary on the Book of Ruth, (Lublin, 1616);
Hagahos, (glosses) on all the tractates of the Babylonian Talmud and "Rosh", first published, from a manuscript, in the Warsaw (1860) edition of the Talmud, and included in almost every subsequent edition.
Responsa known simply as Teshuvos ha-Bach ("Reponsa by the Bach").

External lniks and references

Sirkes, Joel B. Samuel, jewishencyclopedia.com

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-Rabbi '''Yoel Sirkis''' ([[1561]]-[[1640]]) was a prominent Polish [[Halakha|halakhist]] ("Authority on Jewish law") well known to scholars of [[Judaism]]. He lived in central [[Europe]] and held rabbinical positions in [[Belz]], [[Brest-Litovsk]], and [[Kraków]].
+Rabbi '''Yoel Sirkis''' ([[1561]]-[[1640]]) was a prominent Polish  [[Poske]] and [[Halakha|halakhist]] ("Authority on Jewish law"). He lived in central [[Europe]] and held rabbinical positions in [[Belz]], [[Brest-Litovsk]], and [[Kraków]]. Rabbi Sirkis is also known as "the '''Bach'''" an abbreviation for his best known work, ''Bayit Chadash''.
+==Biography==
-Born in [[Lublin]] in [[1561]], he was sent at the age of fourteen to the [[yeshiva]] of [[Solomon ben Judah]]. After remaining there some time he went to Brest-Litovsk, where he attended the [[yeshiva]] of R. Phoebus. While still a youth he was invited to the rabbinate of [[Pruszany]], near [[Slonim]]. Later he occupied the rabbinates of [[Lubkow]], [[Lublin]], [[Miedzyboz]], [[Beldza]], [[Szydlowka]], and finally Brest-Litovsk and [[Cracow]], succeeding in each of the two last-mentioned places his teacher R. Phoebus. He was an adherent of the [[Kabbalah]] and an opponent of "[[pilpul]]".
+Rabbi Sirkis was born in [[Lublin]] in [[1561]]. At age fourteen he went to the [[yeshiva]] of [[Solomon ben Judah]]. After remaining there some time he went to [[Brest-Litovsk]], where he attended the [[yeshiva]] of R. Phoebus. While still a youth he was invited to the rabbinate of [[Pruszany]], near [[Slonim]]. Later he occupied the rabbinates of [[Lubkow]], [[Lublin]], [[Medzyboz]], [[Beldza]], [[Szydlowka]], and finally Brest-Litovsk and [[Cracow]], succeeding in each of the two last-mentioned places his teacher R. Phoebus.
+"The Bach" was an adherent of the [[Kabbalah]] and an opponent of "[[pilpul]]". He was the father-in-law of Rabbi [[David HaLevi Segal]], who frequently refers to him in ''[[Turei Zahav]]'', his [[Shulkhan Arukh#Commentaries|commentary]] on the [[Shulkhan Arukh]]. Rabbi Sirkis died in [[Cracow]] in 1640.
-His best known written work is ''Bayit Chadash'' ("New House", a reference to Deuteronomy 22:8, abbreviated as ''Bach''), a major commentary on the [[Arba'ah Turim]] of [[Jacob ben Asher]]. The evident intention of the author is to present and elucidate the fundamental principles of the [[Torah]] as recorded in the Mishnah, the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, and the chief codes.
+==Works==
-Rabbi Sirkis also wrote: "Meshiv Nefesh," a commentary on the [[Book of Ruth]], (Lublin, 1616); "Haggahos," on all the tractates of the [[Babylonian Talmud]]; and "Rosh," first published, from a manuscript, in the Warsaw (1860) edition of the Talmud, and included in almost every subsequent edition thereof. In addition he authored [[responsa]] known simply as ''Teshuvos ha-Bach'' ("Reponsa by the Bach").
+'''Bayit Chadash''' ("New House", a reference to [[Deuteronomy]] 22:8, abbreviated as ''Bach''), is a major commentary on the [[Arba'ah Turim]] of [[Jacob ben Asher]]. The work presents and elucidates the fundamental principles of the [[Torah]] as recorded in the [[Mishnah]], the [[Talmud|Babylonian]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]]s, and the [[Halakha#Codes_of_Jewish_law|chief codes]].
+Rabbi Sirkis also wrote:
-He was the father-in-law of Rabbi [[David HaLevi Segal]], who frequently refers to him in his [[Shulkhan Arukh#Commentaries|commentary]] on the [[Shulkhan Arukh]], [[Turei Zahav]]. Rabbi Sirkis died in [[Cracow]] in 1640.
+*''Meshiv Nefesh'', a commentary on the [[Book of Ruth]], (Lublin, 1616);
+*''Hagahos'', ([[gloss]]es) on all the tractates of the [[Babylonian Talmud]] and "[[Asher ben Yechiel|Rosh]]", first published, from a manuscript, in the Warsaw (1860) edition of the Talmud, and included in almost every subsequent edition.
+*[[Responsa]] known simply as ''Teshuvos ha-Bach'' ("Reponsa by the Bach").
+==External lniks and references==
-==Bibliography==
+*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=839&letter=S Sirkes, Joel B. Samuel], jewishencyclopedia.com
-* J. M. Zunz, 'Ir ha-Ẓedeḳ, p. 62, [[Lemberg]], 1874;
-* Güdemann, Quellenschriften zur Gesch. des Unterrichts, p. 232, [[Berlin]], 1891;
-* R. N. Rabbinoviez, He'arot we-Tikkunim, p. 9, [[Lyck]], 1875;
-* B. Friedberg, Gesch. der Hebr. Typographie in Krakau, p. 27, Cracow, 1900;
-* idem, Epitaphien von Grabsteinen des Israelitischen Friedhofes zu Krakau, Nebst Biographischen Skizzen, p. 14, [[Drohobycz]], 1897;
-* Ch. N. Dembitzer, Kelilat Yofi, part ii., p. 18b, Cracow, 1893;
-* B. Katz, Le-Ḳorot ha-Yehudim, Berlin, 1899.E. C. B.
-[[Category:Orthodox rabbis|Sirkis, Yoel]]
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+[[Category:Orthodox rabbis|Sirkis, Yoel]]
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