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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 MAJOR COMMENTARIES TO MASECHES MOED KATAN
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Gemara, Rashi and Tosfos
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 GEMARA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Maseches Moed Katan follows Megilah in the Dafyomi cycle, as well as in the order of the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Vilna Shas, the Mishnayos, and the order of Masechtos according to the Rambam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 in his introduction to Perush ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Mishnayos
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 This order is consistent with the pattern demonstrated by Rav Reuven Margoliyos \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yesod ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Mishnah v\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Arichasah, chapter \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 3\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ): \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the Masec\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
htos in each Seder are organized according to their length in numbers of chapters, starting with the longest and concluding with the shortest\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The first two chapters of Maseches Moed Katan discuss the laws of Chol ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Mo\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ed, the intermediate days of Pesa
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\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RASHI\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The style of Rashi in this Maseches is similar to his style in the rest of Shas\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 TOSFOS\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Th\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
e commentary of Tosfos in Moed Katan is attributed to Rabeinu Shmuel bar Elchanan, one of the leading sages of France during the generation of Rabeinu Shimshon of Shantz \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sens, France; 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1150-1230\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 and his brother, Rabeinu Yitzchak bar Avraham \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1210/4960\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ritzba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The latter was Rabeinu Shmuel\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s primary mentor\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Efraim Urbach, Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos p\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 484\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Shmuel was the grandson of Rabeinu Yitzchak bar Shmuel \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1190/4940\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) -- 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ri ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Zaken,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
son of his son Rabeinu Elchanan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ri ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Zaken wa\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s one of the primary Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos and the nephew and close disciple of Rabeinu Tam\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He was Rabeinu Tam\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s successor as the leader of the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Shmuel relies extensively the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the commentary of Rabeinu Yitzchak bar\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  Mordechai\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He also cites the teachings of his mentor, the Ritzba \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 8\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a DH Yad\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , and the Ritzba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s brother Rabeinu Shimshon \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 18\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a DH uvi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Genustrei\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Another Rishon commonly quoted by Tosfos here is \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Piresh ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 see, for example, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 19\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a DH R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yosi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 or \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 fos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 R
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 14\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b DH Mimne\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ei
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 This is not the same as Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 see, for example, 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b DH Man d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Amar, where the latter takes issue with the former\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
This apparently refers to the works of Rabeinu Avraham, a student of RaSHBaM who wrote Tosfos based on\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  the teachings of Rashbam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Urbach, Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ch\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 12 \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 footnote \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 105
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Often, the R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A cites his mentor, Rabeinu Shmuel \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the Rashbam
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , who was the great uncle of Rabeinu Elchanan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 See \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 21\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a DH Elu Devarim
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 On \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 22\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b DH ul\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Simchas R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
A quotes Rabeinu Shimshon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 This is probably a typo, and should be read Rabeinu Shmuel as well\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 On Daf \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b DH Man, R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A cites Rabeinu Shimon; there too it seems to be a scribe\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s error and should be read 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Shmuel,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 as Urbach points out in Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ch\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 4\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  footnote \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 60\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .)
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfo\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s in Moed Katan occasionally quotes the words of \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos Rabeinu Peretz,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 7\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a DH Amar Rav Ashi, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 13\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b DH b\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tavlin\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 although Rabeinu Peretz lived in the generation \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 *\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 after\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 * \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Shmuel\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav Efraim Urbach \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 p\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 484\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 suggests that when t\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 he words of Tosfos were copied from earlier manuscripts, the scribe erred and wrote \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 P\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Peretz\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
instead of \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 [[\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 THIS IS WHAT I WROTE ORIGINALLY\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ... 
\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Tosfos on Moed Katan is the work of a later Rishon, and it is not\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  clear who authored it\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 When he mentions \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
he seems to be referring to TOSFOS RIVA, his teacher, as it seems from Tosfos on \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a, DH Kol\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Zekeini\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 seems to be \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yitzchak Zekeini,
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 quoted by Tosfos several times \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 see \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a, DH Rebbi Y
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ehudah\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 This is not the same as  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yitzchak ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Zaken\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ri ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Zaken\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, quoted elsewhere in Tosfos, as is clear from Tosfos \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b, DH v\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Eino\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 It is not clear whether the Rabeinu Yonah which Tosfos in Moed Katan quotes is Rabeinu Yonah of Gerondi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 H\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 owever, in Tosfos on 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 19\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b, DH sh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Asur, he quotes the same statement as he quotes in the name of Rabeinu Yonah on \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 23
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a, DH v\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Amar, but on \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 19\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b he quotes it in the name of \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 R
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  Y\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  T\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 implying that it is \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 *\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 not\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 * \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the same Rabeinu Yonah as the one from Gerondi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Maharshal \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Teshuvos, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 #5\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 writes that the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 al Tosfos of Moed Katan was quite late and might be a student of Maharam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 as Rabeinu Peretz was\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )]]
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 We include here a list of less\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 familiar Rishonim \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 in roughly chronological order\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 who wrote page\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 b\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 y\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 page commentaries on the Maseches\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Early Commentaries
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RABEINU GERSHOM ME\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OR HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 GOLAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
One of the leading sages of Germany, Rabeinu Gershom\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s greatness in Torah scholarship and leadership earned him the appellation \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Me
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 or ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Golah,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the l
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ight of the Diaspora\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Among his students were the three teachers of Rashi, Rabeinu Yakov ben Yakar, Rabeinu Yitzchak ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Levi, and Rabeinu Yitzchak bar Yehudah\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
His commentary on Moed Katan was printed from manuscript with annotations by Rav Nisan Zaks in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kovetz Rishonim l\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Maseches Moed Katan
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1966\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem; Mechon ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Talmud ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yisraeli\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 MAFTE\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ACH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Nisim Ga
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on authored the Sefer ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Mafte\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ach \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Megilas Setarim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 which was reprinted with footnotes by Rav David Metzger \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1990\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, Jerusalem; \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Wagschal\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Nisim Ga\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on lived in the eleventh century in Kirouan, North Africa 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1050/4810\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Although he is referred to as \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ga\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 he lived after the period of the Ge\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 onim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 In some Masechtos \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 not Moed Katan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, his commentary is printed in the marg\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ins of the Vilna Shas and provides background information when the Gemara refers to a concept discussed elsewhere in Shas\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RABEINU CHANANEL\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Chananel ben Chushiel lived in the eleventh century \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1053/4813\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His father, Rabeinu Chushiel, was on\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 e of the famous \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 four captives
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a group of Roshei Yeshiva who were captured by pirates and redeemed by different communities along the Mediterranean coast\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He was redeemed from bondage by the people of Kirouan, North Africa, where his son Rabeinu Chanane\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 l was born\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
The commentary of Rabeinu Chananel on Moed Katan is printed in the margin of the Vilna Shas, and was reprinted from manuscript and annotated by Rav David Metzger \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1996\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, Jerusalem; Mechon Lev Sameach\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 NER\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 An early commentary writte\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
n by Rav Zecharya Agamati, a contemporary of the Rambam\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 This commentary on the Maseches often quotes from Rav Sherirah Ga\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on, Rav Hai Ga
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on, and Rabeinu Chananel\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 It was reprinted with annotations by Rav Nisan Zaks in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Kovetz Rishonim l\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Maseches Moed Kata\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 n\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1966\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, Jerusalem; Mechon ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Talmud ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yisraeli\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RABEINU SHLOMO BEN HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 YASOM\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Born in Spain and one of the leading sages of Italy, he lived in the generation after the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 al ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Aruch, in the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
1100\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He authored a commentary on all of Shas, but the on\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
ly part which remains today is his commentary on Moed Katan, which was originally printed by Rav Tzvi Peretz Chayos \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1920\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Berlin\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 and has been reprinted \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1978\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Yerushalayim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim Of Spain \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Aragon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RAMBAN\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Moshe ben Nachman lived in the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 thirteenth century\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He died in 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1270/5030\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He was a student of the Ramah \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Meir ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Levi Abulefia\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Although he authored abundant Chidushim on other Masechtos, he has only a few pages of commentary on Maseches Moed Katan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
The Ramban\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s commentary was p\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ublished with corrections and short annotations by Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer zt\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 l 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1928\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Zalkow\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 TALMID HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RASHBA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Chidushim written by an anonymous, close disciple of the Rashba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He quotes the Rashba often, citing from the Rashba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s Chidushim as well as\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  the Rashba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Avodas ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kodesh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Chidushei Talmid ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rashba, which was written on the Rif, has been published on a number of other Masechtos, including Eruvin, Pesachim, Yoma, Kidushin, and Bava Kama\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He constantly refers to \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 my teachers, N\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 N\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Nochei Ne\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 fesh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Printed from manuscrupt with annotations by Rav Nisan Zaks in 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kovetz Rishonim l\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Maseches Moed Katan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1966
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem; Mechon ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Talmud ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yisraeli\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, as well as in a separate volume by Rav Yungerman \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Zichron Yakov\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RITVA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yom Tov ben A\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 vraham Al\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ashvili lived in the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
1300\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s and was a close disciple of the Re\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ah and, later, the Rashba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
His commentary on Moed Katan is included in the classic set\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 It has been reprinted numerous times by Mosad ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Rav Kook with annotations of Rav Tzvi Hirschma\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 n\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 CHIDUSHEI HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RAN\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Nisim ben Rav Reuven Girondi lived in the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1300
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ~\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1380/5130\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His Chidushim are often patterned after those of the Rashba, whose points he further develops\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Ran\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
s Chidushim on Moed Katan have been reprinted several t\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 imes, including the Mosad ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav Kook edition \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1993
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalemn\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 with annotations by Rav Shmuel Baruch Werner and Rav Shraga Feivel Frank\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
It is important to note that the commentary printed with the Rif in the Vilna Shas is not the commentary of the Ran, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 but rather the Nimukei Yosef \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
as mentioned in the introduction to the Chidushei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ran on Moed Katan\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 NIMUKEI YOSEF\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yosef ben Rav Chaviva lived in the end of the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1300\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He was a student of the Ran\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim of Provence and Narvona
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SHIT\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AS RIVAV\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yehudah bar Berechyah of Provence, son of the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 al ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Me\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 or\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
s brother, wrote a commentary on the Rif for the end of Seder Moed which is printed alongside the Rif\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He often uses \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 without quoting by name
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the words of Rashi, and thus his w\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ork is an excellent source for verifying the proper Girsa in Rashi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RABEINU YEHONASAN MI\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 LUNIL\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yehonasan of Lunil lived in the early \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1200
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s and learned under the Ra\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 avad\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He wrote a commentary on the Rif for most of Shas 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Perushei Rabeinu Yehon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 asan mi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Lunil, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1985\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 HASHLAMAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Meshulam ben Moshe \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1238/4998\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 wrote Sefer ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Hashlamah in order to complement the Rif by adding to it the Halachos that were not included in the Rif\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s commentary\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His work on Moed Katan w
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 as reprinted with annotations by Rav Moshe Yehudah Blau \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1974\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ME\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OROS\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Meir \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
(\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ben Shimon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Me\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ili of Narvona 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1264/5024\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 wrote \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sefer ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Me\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 oros\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on the Rif\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His commentary was reprinted with annotations by Rav Moshe Yeh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 udah Blau \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1974\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 MICHTAM\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu David ben Levi lived in the early \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1300
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s and learned under his father, Rabeinu Levi ben Benveneshti\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
His commentary on the Rif to Maseches Moed Katan was printed by Rav Avraham Sofer \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1969\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 and by Rav Moshe Yehudah Blau \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1969\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ME\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 IRI\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Menachem ben Shlomo \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1315/5075\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 wrote his comprehensive Halachic work, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Beis ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Bechirah,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 37\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  Masechtos of Shas
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Me\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 iri was a student of the Rashba, and he occasionally even cit\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
es from commentaries as late as those of the Ritva\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Me\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 iri rarely mentions another Rishon by name\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Instead, he created \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 nicknames\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 for the commentators from whom he often cites, such as 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Gedolei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabanim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 for Rashi, and 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Gedolei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Mechabrim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 for the\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
 Rambam\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A convenient list of these, along with their true identities, can be found in Rav Avraham Sofer\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s introduction to the Beis ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Bechirah on Beitzah\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AGUDAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A Sugya\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 by\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sugya collection of Halachos by Rabeinu Alexander Zuslin ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kohen \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1348/5108\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ; he was killed by gentiles in a pogrom during the period of the Black Plague\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sefer ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Agudah was reprinted with annotations by Rav Elazar Brizel \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1966\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Yerushalayim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).

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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim of Germany
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AVAN\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Eliezer ben Nasan of Mainz \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 11\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 70/4930\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 wrote the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sefer Even ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ezer\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
A contemporary of the Rashbam and Rabeinu Tam, he was one of the earliest of the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Rosh was among his descendants\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His commentary was first published in Prague in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1610\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A later edition was print\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ed with a commentary, Even Shlomo, by Rav Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1925\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, Smilo, Hungary, and \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1958\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 RA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AVYAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Eliezer ben Yoel ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Levi 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1225/4985\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 was a grandson of the Ra\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 avan and was one of the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He authored 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sef\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 er Avi ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Ezri,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
which is more commonly known by its author\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s acronym as \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sefer Ra\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 avyah
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His work had a significant influence on the Rosh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OR ZARU\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yitzchak ben Moshe \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1260\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 /\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 5020\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 authored the Halachic work, Or Zaru\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He studied under man\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 y of the great sages of his time, including Rabeinu Yehudah he\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Chasid, the Ra\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 avyah, the Sar mi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kutzi, and the Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 al ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Roke\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ach\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His son, Rav Chaim Or Zaru\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
a, wrote a collection of Teshuvos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yitzchak named his work \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Or Zaru\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 out of excitement wh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 en he noted that the final letters of the words in the verse \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Or Zaru\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a la\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tzadik\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ...\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 spell 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 R\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  Akivah\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Or Zaru
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a usually prefaces each Halachah with a citation of the pertinent Gemara and Rashi, making his Sefer an excellent source for verifying vari\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ant Girsa
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 os in Rashi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His work details the Halachic opinions based on the Gemara\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
s conclusions, the style later used by the Rosh and others\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Hi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s words are cited often by the Hagahos Ashiri on the Rosh\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 According to Rabbi Berel Wein, the Or Zaru\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a was pri\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
nted during a time of increasing persecution against the Jews and decreasing scholarship, and it opened up new venues of learning for the Jewish people\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
It is considered to have saved Talmudic scholarship in Europe\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .)
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 TOSFOS RID & PISKEI RID\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yes\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 hayah \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ben Mali, or ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Trani was one of the leading sages of Italy\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 /\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Germany during the early \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1200\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 not to be confused with his grandson, Rabeinu Yeshayah 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 *\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Acharon\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 *\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , or Ri\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 az, author of the Piskei Ri\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 az\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His commentary on most of the Masechtos o\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 f Shas is known as \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos Rid
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His commentary was written in several Mahaduros, or treatises\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
He also compiled a Halachic summary of the Maseches called Piskei Rid\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 PISKEI RI\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AZ\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yeshayah Acharon, a grandson of the Tosfos Rid, authored the Pis\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
kei Ri\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 az, which is printed together with the Piskei Rid, as described above\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His words are cited often by the Shiltei Giborim on the Rif
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rishonim in the Style of Tosfos
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 YASHAR\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Yakov ben Meir, known as Rabeinu Tam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 from the verse \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 v\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yakov Ish Tam\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , wrote Chidushim on Moed Katan which appear in the Chidushim section of his Sefer ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Yashar\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Rabeinu Tam was the son of Rashi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s daughter\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 He and his two brothers, Rashbam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Rabeinu Shmuel ben Meir, the oldest of the three\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 and Rivam \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabei\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 nu Yitzchak ben Meir\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 were the first generation of Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
He died in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1171/4931\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Sefer ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Yashar was reprinted based on two original manuscripts, with footnotes, by Rav Shimon Schlesinger \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 second edition, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1980\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem, para
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 405\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  et seq\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 TOSFOS HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ROSH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rabeinu Asher ben Yechiel \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 d
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1328\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 /\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 5088\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, originally from Germany, fled to Spain after his mentor, Rabeinu Meir of Rotenburg, was taken captive by the authorities who demanded an exorbitant sum for ransom\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
When Rabeinu Meir ordered his stud\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ents not to pay the ransom, his student, the Rosh, was forced to flee from the authorities\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Rabeinu Meir was never ransomed, in accordance with his will, and he passed away in jail\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 One of the most prominent sages of Germany, the Rosh wrote commentaries \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
and rulings on much of Shas which had a profound influence on the Halachic practice of Ashkenazic Jewry\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 His Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
commentaries are patterned after those of the classic Ba\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 alei ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Tosfos, and they often shed light on Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  intent\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 They are printed in th\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 e common set of Tosfos ha\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rosh
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Acharonim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Commentaries and Chidushim
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 REBBI AKIVA EIGER\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A collection of Chidushim of Rebbi Akiva Eiger, culled from all of his writings \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1983
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Zichron Yakov\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 NACHALAS DAVID\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Chidushim of Rav David Tevil of Minsk, \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 disciple of Rav Chaim of Volozhen\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 KEREN ORAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rav Yitzchak of Karlin \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 brother of the Mishkenos Yakov\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 wrote deep and penetrating Chidushim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SEFAS EMES\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Short and penetrating insights by Rav Yehudah Aryeh Leib of Gur, the second Gerer Rebbe, grandson\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  of the Chidushei ha
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Rim \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 the first Gerer Rebbe\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 MENACHEM MESHIV NEFESH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Written by Rav Menachem Manish Heilprin\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
These short, helpful comments on all of Seder Moed pertain to the literal meaning of the Gemara and Rashi, and are intended for those lear\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ning the Maseches quickly\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
This work includes many Girsa corrections as well\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SHE\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ARIM METZUYANIM B\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 HALACHAH\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Commentary on the Gemara, including insights into contemporary Halachic issues, by Rav Shlomo Braun \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1991\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 EMES L\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 YAKOV\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A commen\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 tary on the Gemara by Rav Yakov Kaminetzky zt
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 l, compiled from his writings \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1991\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , New York \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 - \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Cleveland
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ME\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OR YISRAEL\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Chidushim and Bi\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 urim by Rav Ovadyah Yosef 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1997\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Acharonim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Anthologies
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 GILYONEI HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 SHAS\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Written by Rav Yosef En\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 gel, author of \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Asvan d\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Oraisa,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
this Sefer includes many references to, and quotes from, the writings of the Rishonim in their responsa and other early works, with additional insights by the author\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OR HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 YASHAR\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Written by Rav Shmuel Hilman, an excell\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
ent anthology on all of Torah, Navi, Mishnah, and every Daf of Gemara\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Acharonim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Halachah
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 GESHER HA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 CHAYIM\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The classic comprehensive Halachic work \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
3\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  volumes\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ) \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 on the laws of mourning by Rav Yechiel Michal Tukachinsky zt\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 l, first published in 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1947\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  a\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 nd reprinted by his son, Rav Nisan Aharon Tukachinsky, in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1970\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 KOL BO AL AVEILUS\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A comprehensive compendium of the laws of mourning by Rav Y\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Y\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Greenwald, first published in \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1947\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  in New York and reprinted numerous times \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1973\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
; Feldheim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 DIVREI S\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 OFRIM\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A comprehensive commentary on the Shulchan Aruch\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
s laws of mourning by Rav Nachum Yavrov \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 1999\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Jerusalem\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ). 
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Study Aids to Moed Katan
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 KOLLEL IYUN HADAF\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kollel Iyun Hadaf\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s invaluable \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Insights to the Daf\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 touch on many of the questions that o\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ne is likely to ask on the Gemara and Rashi, as well as clarifications and in
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 depth discussions on Halachic issues and Agados of the Masechta\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Kollel Iyun Hadaf\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
s Charts \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 in English and Hebrew\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 )\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 , Graphics, and \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Background to the Daf,
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 with translations, Gir\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 sa notes, and introductions to concepts discussed on the Daf, are invaluable study aids\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Review Questions and Answers\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 facilitate review of the Masechta, as does the \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Daf\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 -\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Quiz,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 while \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
Outlines of the Daf\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 enhance one\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s learning\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
In Hebrew, one can review\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  with the acclaimed \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Hebrew Charts,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 and with 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Galei Masechta,\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 "\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 a concise Hebrew review of the Gemara, Rashi, and Tosfos\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . 
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 The Kollel also addresses\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2  questions on the Daf in an interactive discussion forum \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 (\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 at DAF@DAFYOMI\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 CO\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 IL\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 ).
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\par \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 YOSEF DA\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 AS \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 - \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 Published b\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 y Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Rav Ben Arza\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 '
\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 s renowned Hebrew compendium on the Masechta is now available in an expanded edition\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
This outstanding publication provides clear summaries of the distinct approaches of the Rishonim to the Sugya, analyses of the Acharonim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 
, inspiring insights of the masters of Musar and Machshavah, and summaries of the Halachic conclusions of the Poskim\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 . \hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 A comprehensive review section is also included\hich\af2\dbch\af13\loch\f2 .

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