Rabbi David HaLevi Segal

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Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.

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instanceOf Jewish legal scholar
Talmudic commentator
halachic authority
rabbi
alsoKnownAs David HaLevi
David HaLevi Segal
Taz
Turei Zahav
areaOfExpertise civil law in halakha
kashrut laws
ritual law
associatedWithText Turei Zahav on Yoreh De'ah
centuryOfActivity 17th century
citedAs Taz on Shulchan Aruch
citedIn later halachic codes
contributionType supercommentary on Shulchan Aruch
countryOfActivity Poland
era Acharonim
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law
Talmud
genre Talmudic commentary
halachic commentary
hasHonorific Rabbi
importance major authority in practical halakha
influenced Ashkenazi halachic practice
later halachic authorities
languageOfWork Hebrew
legalSchool halakhic decisor of the Shulchan Aruch tradition
movement Orthodox Judaism
notableWork Turei Zahav
occupation posek
rosh yeshiva
primaryTextCommented Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah
linked to: Shulchan Aruch
recognizedBy traditional rabbinic scholarship
regionOfInfluence Eastern Europe
religion Judaism
scholarlyReputation leading 17th-century Polish rabbi
statusInHalakha decisive authority for Ashkenazi practice
studiedBy yeshiva students
subjectOf rabbinic responsa literature
timePeriod early modern period
traditionWithinJudaism Ashkenazi
workType marginal glosses on legal code
wroteCommentaryOn Shulchan Aruch
Yoreh De'ah
linked to: Tur Yoreh De’ah

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Acharonim hasPart Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Taz author Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal alsoKnownAs David HaLevi
linked to: Rabbi David HaLevi Segal