Rabbi Isaac ben Melchizedek | |
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 Page from Ben Melchizedek's commentary, Kil'ayim 1:4 (Courtesy of the British Library) | |
| Personal | |
| Born | c. 1090 |
| Died | c. 1160 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Profession | Rabbi |
| Occupation | Mishnaic exegete |
| Jewish leader | |
| Profession | Rabbi |
| Residence | Southern Italy |
Isaac ben Melchizedek (Hebrew: יצחק בן מלכי צדק; also known by the acronym Ribmaṣ ריבמץ; c. 1090–1160), was a rabbinic scholar from Siponto, Italy, and one of the first medieval scholars to have composed a commentary on the Mishnah, of which only his commentary on Seder Zera'im survives. Elements of the Mishnaic order of Taharot are also cited in his name by the Tosafists,[1] but the complete work is no longer extant.
- ^ Cf. the Sefer ha-Makhri'a (Leghorn, 1779) of Isaiah di Trani (nos 62, 86, et al.); Chaim Yosef David Azulai in Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 106 and E.E. Urbach, Tosafot, index. (e.g. Baba Metsi'a 30a, Tosafot s.v. אף עובד דניחא ליה)