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Today is: Monday, Kislev 22, 5771 · November 29, 2010
• Passing of Rabbi Eliezer ben Eliyahu Ashkenazi (1585)
Rabbi Eliezer ben Eliyahu Ashkenazi
(1512-1585) was a highly regarded Talmudist, as well as a physician. He
authored various works, including Ma'ase ha-Shem -- a commentary on the historical portions of the Pentateuch, also including a commentary on the Passover Hagaddah -- and Yosef Lekach, dedicated and named after Don Yosef Nasi, the Duke of Naxos.
He struck the rock, and out came water
- From the "Prayer for Rain" in the Sukkot festival prayers
Chitas and Rambam for today:
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