Joel Sirkis

Joel Sirkis
Grave of Joel Sirkis
TitleHaBach (הב׳׳ח)
Personal
Born
Joel Sirkes

c. 1561
DiedMarch 14, 1640
ReligionJudaism
SpouseBaila
ChildrenEsther Sirkis, Samuel Tzvi Hersch Sirkis, Rivka Sirkis, Judab Leib Sirkis, Menachem Sirkis, Kalisch Sirkis, Abraham Sirkis
Parents
  • Samuel Sirkis (father)
  • Sarah Jaffe (mother)
Main workBayit Chadash, Teshuvot ha-Bach
BuriedRemah Cemetery
DynastyJaffe

Joel ben Samuel Sirkis (Hebrew: רבי יואל בן שמואל סירקיש; born 1561 - March 14, 1640) also known as the Bach (an abbreviation of his magnum opus BAyit CHadash), was a prominent Ashkenazi posek and halakhist, who lived in Central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk and Kraków, and is considered to be one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of Poland. He is known for his liberal rulings in his responsum in which he challenges the rabbinic status quo.[1]

  1. ^ "Sirkes, Joel | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.