Moses Isserles
Rabbi Moses Isserles (Rema) | |
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Portrait by Meir Kunstadt, early 1900s | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 22 February 1530 |
| Died | 10 May 1572 (aged 42) Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Nationality | Polish |
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| Occupation | Rabbi, Talmudist, and Posek |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Buried | Kraków, Poland |
Moses Isserles (Hebrew: משה בן ישראל איסרלישׂ; Polish: Mojżesz ben Israel Isserles; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332), also known by the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law). He is considered the "Maimonides of Polish Jewry."