Maharash Levi
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Born1532
Died1600 (aged 57–58)
Salonica, Ottoman Empire
NationalityGreek
Parent
- Yitzchak (father)
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1532 |
| Died | 1600 (aged 57–58) Salonica, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Greek |
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| Occupation | Rabbinic scholar |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Shlomo ben Yitzchak HaLevi (Hebrew: שלמה בן יצחק לבית הלוי; 1532–1600)[1] was a prominent rabbinic scholar in Thessaloniki, Greece, during the Jewish community's "Golden Age." Among his other duties, he served the exiled Jews from Évora, Portugal.[2]
His grandson, Shlomo ben Yitzchak HaLevi II, is most well known for his responsa Maharash Levi (or Maharash L'veit HaLevi), published in Thessaloniki in 1652.[3] These responsa are arranged according to the four-volume structural model of the Arba'ah Turim, and have been cited by such later rabbinic authorities as Rabbi Avraham Gombiner in his Magen Avraham.
