Mordecai Yoffe
Mordecai Yoffe | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1530 |
| Died | 7 March 1612 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe (or Jaffe or Joffe) (c. 1530 – 7 March 1612; Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם יפה) was a Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva and posek. He is best known as author of Levush Malkhus, a ten-volume codification of Jewish law that particularly stressed the customs of the Jews of Eastern Europe. He is known as "the Levush" or "the Ba'al Halevushim", for this work.