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Moses ben Abraham of Pontoise (12th century) was a French tosafist.
Moses was a disciple of Jacob Tam. In Tam's Sefer haYashar, a number of problems of Talmudic interpretation are posed to him by Moses. They became a standard part of the tosafot.[1] In one, it is learned that Moses' brother let a convert live in his house and later partnered with him in business.[2] Later tosafists also cite Moses in their commentaries on the Torah.[1][3] Samson of Sens cites his commentary on the Mishnah. In the 16th century, Hayim ben Bezalel claimed to have a copy of this work. Moses also wrote liturgical poems.[3] One, only two-lines long, is preserved in the Azharot of Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Ta-Shma 2007.
- ^ Tartakoff 2020, p. 90.
- ^ a b Schechter & Broydé 1905.
Bibliography
- Schechter, Solomon; Broydé, Isaac (1905). "Moses ben Abraham of Pontoise". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 62.
- Ta-Shma, Israel Moses (2007). "Moses ben Abraham of Pontoise". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 14 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. pp. 547–548. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- Tartakoff, Paola (2020). Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press.
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