Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy , also known as Moses Mikkotsi ( Hebrew : משה בן יעקב מקוצי ; Latin : Moses Kotsensis ), was a French Tosafist and authority on Halakha (Jewish law). He is best known as the author of one of the earliest codifications of Halakha , the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol .
6-526: The collection of the Swiss collector René Braginsky is generally considered to be the largest private collection of Hebrew manuscripts in the world. It also contains a fair number of fine early printed books. The collection does not only contain codices, but also several hundreds illuminated marriage contracts and Esther scrolls. The oldest manuscript in the collection is the 1288 legal code of rabbinic scholar Moses of Coucy . The collection has been exhibited at
12-1180: The Jewish Museum of Switzerland (2003-2004), at the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana , the Judaica and Hebraica Special Collections Division of the University of Amsterdam , (2009–2010), at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York (2010), the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (2010–2011), at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich (2011–2012) and at the Jewish Museum in Berlin (2014). Moses of Coucy Moses of Coucy lived in
18-554: The 365 negative commandments and the 248 positive commandments, separately discussing each of them according to the Talmud and the decisions of the Rabbis. "SeMaG" also contains much non-legal, moralistic teaching. References to the "SeMaG" are by section (positive or negative commandments) and a number for each commandment within its section. Rabbi Moses' arrangement and presentation are heavily influenced by Maimonides ' discussion of
24-911: The Jews and teaching them the way to serve God. In 1240 he was one of the four rabbis who were required to defend the Talmud , in a public disputation in Paris , and it is likely that the need for a work like the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol was driven by the decrees against the Talmud which had been promulgated in France, and had led to the confiscation and burning of all Talmud manuscripts in 1242. The Sefer Mitzvot Gadol ( Hebrew : ספר מצוות גדול ) (in English : The Great Book of Commandments ; abbreviated סמ"ג "SeMaG"), completed in 1247, deals with
30-648: The commandments in the Sefer Hamitzvot and by his codification of the Halakha in the Mishneh Torah . However, unlike Maimonides, Rabbi Moses presents lengthy discussions of the different interpretations and legal opinions. He also makes extensive use of other codes , and particularly of the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafot , usually favouring these Ashkenazi traditions over Maimonides. He
36-554: The first half of the thirteenth century. His name suggests he was born or raised in Coucy in Northern France. He was a descendant of a family of distinguished scholars. He was the brother-in-law of Tosafist Shimshon of Sens and Shimshon of Coucy (HaSar MiCoucy). He studied under Judah of Paris , and Yehudah HaChasid . Following in the latter's footsteps he traveled through Provence and Spain to strengthen religiosity among
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