Rabbi and legal codifier
Moses Isserles
Life
1520–1572
Cracow rabbi whose glosses to the Shulhan Arukh recorded Ashkenazi practice.
What the sources say
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3 statements
01
Moses Isserles portrayed Poland as less hostile to Jews than German lands.
02
Isserles performed a Sabbath wedding to spare an impoverished bride humiliation.
03
Isserles published glosses recording Ashkenazi practice where it differed from Karo.