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Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt

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104:. The rabbis of Ratisbon wrote to the chiefs of the Strasburg community begging them to use all their energy in obtaining permission for Schlettstadt's return, and threatening that otherwise they would be put under the ban. As a result the desired permission was at length granted and Schlettstadt was allowed to return to Strasbourg. It is not known how long Schlettstadt lived after this event; but, as the narrator of the foregoing events a few years later (c. 1380) all the Jews of Strasburg were massacred, it is possible that Schlettstadt perished together with his community. 222: 186: 152: 116:'s "Sefer ha-Mordechai." Both Carmoly and Grätz think that Schlettstadt wrote the work in the fortress of Hohelandsberg. Although Schlettstadt generally followed Mordechai b. Hillel, yet in certain instances he deviated from his predecessor, and he also added certain laws that are not found in the "Sefer ha-Mordechai." 51:
about the community. Schlettstadt constituted a court against these two men, and the court eventually sentenced these men to death. They were successful in carrying out the sentence against one of them, named Salamin. The other escaped,
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and informed the knights of the proceedings. The knights along with an armed mob came to Strasbourg for the purpose of exacting vengeance on Schlettstadt, who was able to secure refuge in the castle of
259: 69:. He petitioned the leaders of the community to intervene on his behalf; such intervention did not come and he remained in confinement for six years. 308: 298: 88:. The identity of the writer of the ban seems to be unknown --- there are sources, that believe the nasi mentioned here was the Exilarch 293: 112:
Schlettstadt is particularly known for his abridgment, entitled "Kitzur Mordechai" or "Mordechai ha-Katan" (still unpublished), of
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against the leaders of the Strasbourg community. With the support of the rabbinate of Jerusalem, the nasi wrote a
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Carmoly ("La France Israélite," pp. 138-144, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1858)
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Armed with this ban, Schlettstadt returned to Germany and sojourned at
44: 66: 48: 160:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt". 92:, but this is not possible as Hodiah lived two centuries earlier. 73: 40: 233: 43:, the Jewish community of Strasbourg had two accused 228:
This biographical article about a French rabbi is a
27:in the latter half of the 14th century. He was a 19:was a 14th century German rabbi. He was born in 253: 8: 260: 246: 141:Grätz ("Gesch." 3d ed., viii. 12 et seq.) 80:where he brought a complaint before the 125: 72:Schlettstadt left his hiding place in 47:who had been informing the knights of 7: 218: 216: 232:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 198:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 309:French religious biography stubs 220: 208:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 184: 166:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 150: 200:"Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt" 299:Authors of books on Jewish law 1: 17:Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt 31:of a yeshiva in Strasbourg. 325: 294:14th-century German rabbis 215: 205:The Jewish Encyclopedia 163:The Jewish Encyclopedia 23:and known to live in 304:European rabbi stubs 114:Mordechai ben Hillel 284:14th-century deaths 279:14th-century births 241: 240: 96:Return from exile 316: 262: 255: 248: 224: 217: 209: 188: 187: 177: 174: 168: 167: 154: 153: 148: 142: 139: 133: 130: 90:David ben Hodiah 76:and traveled to 35:Trials and Exile 324: 323: 319: 318: 317: 315: 314: 313: 269: 268: 267: 266: 213: 196:Singer, Isidore 194: 185: 181: 180: 175: 171: 158:Singer, Isidore 156: 151: 149: 145: 140: 136: 131: 127: 122: 110: 98: 37: 12: 11: 5: 322: 320: 312: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 289:Jewish martyrs 286: 281: 271: 270: 265: 264: 257: 250: 242: 239: 238: 225: 211: 210: 179: 178: 169: 143: 134: 124: 123: 121: 118: 109: 106: 97: 94: 36: 33: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 321: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 280: 277: 276: 274: 263: 258: 256: 251: 249: 244: 243: 237: 235: 231: 226: 223: 219: 214: 207: 206: 201: 197: 192: 191:public domain 183: 182: 173: 170: 165: 164: 159: 147: 144: 138: 135: 129: 126: 119: 117: 115: 107: 105: 103: 95: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 63:Hohelandsberg 59: 55: 50: 46: 42: 34: 32: 30: 26: 22: 18: 234:expanding it 227: 212: 203: 172: 161: 146: 137: 128: 111: 99: 71: 58:Christianity 38: 29:rosh yeshiva 21:Schlettstadt 16: 15: 273:Categories 120:References 25:Strasbourg 78:Babylonia 54:converted 39:In about 102:Ratisbon 193::  108:Writing 65:, near 45:moserim 155:  86:cherem 67:Colmar 49:Andlau 230:stub 82:nasi 74:1376 41:1370 56:to 275:: 202:. 261:e 254:t 247:v 236:.

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