Isaac ben Abba Mari

Provencal rabbi
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IntroProvencal rabbi
PlacesFrance
wasRabbi
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1122
Death1 January 1193Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (aged 71 years)
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Biography

Isaac ben Abba Mari (c. 1122 – c. 1193), often simply referred to as "Ba'al ha-Ittur," was a Provençal rabbi and author of Ittur Soferim that hailed from Marseilles. His opus magnum, Ittur Soferim, treats on the Jewish conjugal laws between a man and his wife, as also a treatise on monetary laws, and another on the Jewish holidays, as also a portion of the laws governing kashrut. He largely basis his own work on the juridical decisions passed down by the Babylonian geonic authority.

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