Background
Isaac Alfasi was born near Constantine in Algeria in 1013.
(The book systematically organized the legal sections of t...)
The book systematically organized the legal sections of the Talmud — civil, criminal, and religious law — excluding those areas not rele vant in the Diaspora following the destruction of the Temple (such as sacrifices, dues to the priests, and laws of impurity connected to the Temple). The book keeps the original structure of the Tal¬mud and does not attempt to organize a code, but it was so influential that similar earlier compilations were made obsolete and neglected. It was called the little Talmud and was studied even more than the Talmud itself, especially as, unlike the Talmud, it guided the student to clear conclusions.
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scholar and codifier of Jewish law
Isaac Alfasi was born near Constantine in Algeria in 1013.
Alfasi studied in Kairouan, and settled in Fez (hence his name, Alfasi, i.e., a man of Fez).
He lived and taught in Fez until the age of seventy-five.
Then, against a background of political intrigues, two enemies denounced him to the authorities (the charge is unknown), and he had to flee to Spain. In his time, the great centers of Talmud study in Babylonia were declining and North Africa had become the new focus.
(The book systematically organized the legal sections of t...)
1990