Background
Bar-Asher, Moshe was born on July 12, 1939 in Errachidia, Morocco. Son of Abraham and Sara (Attias) Ben-Harrosh.
Bar-Asher, Moshe was born on July 12, 1939 in Errachidia, Morocco. Son of Abraham and Sara (Attias) Ben-Harrosh.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1965. Master of Arts summa cum laude, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1976.
He immigrated to Israel in 1951 when he was twelve years old. Bar-Asher received his Ph.D from the Hebrew University in 1976. Between 1981 and 1983 he was chair of the university's Department of the Hebrew Language, and from 1983 to 1986 chair of the university's Institute for Jewish Studies.
In 1987 he became vice president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, of which he was appointed president in 1993. Eliezer Samson Rosenthal Prize for Talmudic studies (1988).
Member Israel Academy Hebrew (president).
Married Nechama Bervitz, December 26, 1962. Children: Shifral, Tamar, Rachel, Elitzur-Abraham.
