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Samuel Strashun

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151:(near Wilna), and assumed the latter name. The distillery owned by his father-in-law was wrecked by the invading French army in 1812, and the family removed to Wilna, where Samuel established another distillery and became one of the most prominent members of the community. His wife conducted the business, as was usual in Wilna, and he devoted the greater part of his time to studying the Talmud and to teaching, gratuitously, the disciples who gathered about him. The Talmud lectures which for many years he delivered daily at the synagogue on Poplaves street were well attended, and from the discussions held there resulted his annotations, which are now incorporated in every recent edition of the 96: 214: 170:, but he refused it, preferring to retain his independence. His piety did not prevent him from sympathizing with the progressive element in Russian Jewry, and he was one of the few Orthodox leaders who accepted in good faith the decree of the government that only graduates of the rabbinical schools of Wilna and 182:
inhabitants of Wilna. He was greatly respected for his many public activities and his devotion to the Jewish community. Also a wealthy man, he established and managed an interest-free loan fund for the people of Wilna.
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fluently, was conspicuously kind and benevolent, and was highly esteemed even among the
223: 187: 160: 95: 267: 250: 218: 143:. He married at an early age, and settled with his wife's parents in the village of 135:. He was educated by his father, and later learnt under R. Shemariah Rabinowitz in 17: 179: 167: 124: 87: 144: 217: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 171: 77: 244:
H. Katzenellenbogen, Netibot 'Olam, pp. 197-206, 227-228, Wilna, 1858;
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Besides the above-mentioned annotations, he wrote others to the
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should be elected as rabbis. He wrote Hebrew well, spoke
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Suvalski, Keneset ha-Gedolah, pp. 22-24, Warsaw, 1890;
159:). His fame as a rabbinical scholar spread throughout 83: 73: 59: 51: 46: 32: 241:S. Antokolsky, Mekore ha-Rambam, Wilna, 1871; 8: 118: 253:, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. pp. 540, 737. 29: 166:Strashun was offered the rabbinate of 7: 119: 110: 25: 226:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 236:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 212: 284:19th-century Lithuanian rabbis 157:Hagahot v'Chiddushei HaRashash 1: 27:19th-century Lithuanian rabbi 228:"Strashun, Samuel b. Joseph" 305: 103:Samuel ben Joseph Strashun 105:(1794 – March 21, 1872) ( 39: 40: 233:The Jewish Encyclopedia 99: 98: 111:שמואל שטראשון מוילנא 289:Rabbis from Vilnius 200:Mattityahu Strashun 147:, commonly called 100: 238:Its bibliography: 153:Babylonian Talmud 123:), was a Russian 113:), also known as 93: 92: 16:(Redirected from 296: 237: 216: 215: 131:, government of 122: 121: 112: 30: 21: 304: 303: 299: 298: 297: 295: 294: 293: 264: 263: 258:Ascent of Safed 224:Singer, Isidore 222: 213: 209: 196: 69: 64: 42: 35: 34:Samuel Strashun 28: 23: 22: 18:Shmuel Strashun 15: 12: 11: 5: 302: 300: 292: 291: 286: 281: 276: 266: 265: 262: 261: 254: 248: 245: 242: 239: 208: 205: 204: 203: 195: 192: 188:Midrash Rabbot 91: 90: 85: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 65: 63:March 21, 1872 61: 57: 56: 53: 49: 48: 44: 43: 37: 36: 33: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 301: 290: 287: 285: 282: 280: 277: 275: 272: 271: 269: 260: 259: 255: 252: 251:Joseph Zedner 249: 246: 243: 240: 235: 234: 229: 225: 220: 219:public domain 211: 210: 206: 201: 198: 197: 193: 191: 189: 184: 181: 177: 173: 169: 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 116: 108: 104: 97: 89: 86: 82: 79: 76: 72: 68: 62: 58: 54: 50: 45: 41:שמואל שטראשון 38: 31: 19: 257: 231: 185: 165: 156: 114: 102: 101: 279:1872 deaths 274:1794 births 268:Categories 207:References 202:, his son 180:Christian 129:Zaskevich 125:Talmudist 88:Acharonim 194:See also 149:Strashun 145:Streszyn 127:born in 74:Religion 47:Personal 221::  172:Jitomir 168:Suwałki 141:Belarus 115:Rashash 78:Judaism 176:Polish 161:Russia 107:Hebrew 137:Kreva 133:Wilna 67:Wilna 120:רש"ש 60:Died 55:1794 52:Born 84:Era 270:: 230:. 139:, 109:: 155:( 117:( 20:)

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Shmuel Strashun
Wilna
Judaism
Acharonim

Hebrew
Talmudist
Zaskevich
Wilna
Kreva
Belarus
Streszyn
Strashun
Babylonian Talmud
Russia
Suwałki
Jitomir
Polish
Christian
Midrash Rabbot
Mattityahu Strashun
public domain
Singer, Isidore
"Strashun, Samuel b. Joseph"
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Joseph Zedner
Ascent of Safed
Categories
1794 births
1872 deaths

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