Bezalel Ashkenazi

Bezalel Ashkenazi

Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi (Hebrew: בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי‎) (ca. 1520 – ca. 1592) was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in Ottoman Palestine during the 16th century. He is best known as the author of Shittah Mekubetzet, a commentary on the Talmud. He is very straightforward in his writings and occasionally offers textual amendments to the Talmud. His most important disciple was the famous Kabbalist, Rabbi Isaac Luria.