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Rabbi '''Jacob HaGozer''', also Rabbi '''Ya'akov HaGozeir''' and other transliterations, was an early 13th century German [[Rabbi]] and [[mohel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8409-jacob-b-gershom-ha-gozer|title=JACOB B. GERSHOM HA-GOZER - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref> He was the nephew of Rabbi [[Ephraim of Bonn]], and he authored a work on the laws of [[brit milah]] ([[circumcision]]). That volume was published, together with his son Gershom's work of a similar nature, in 1892 under the title Zikhron Berit LaRishonim, a play on words (it is both a paraphrase of [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0326.htm Leviticus 26:45] and literally means 'A remembrance of the [[Brit milah|brit]] of the [[Rishonim]]'). |
Rabbi '''Jacob HaGozer''', also Rabbi '''Ya'akov HaGozeir''' and other transliterations, was an early 13th century German [[Rabbi]] and [[mohel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8409-jacob-b-gershom-ha-gozer|title=JACOB B. GERSHOM HA-GOZER - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref> He was the nephew of Rabbi [[Ephraim of Bonn]], and he authored a work on the laws of [[brit milah]] ([[circumcision]]). That volume was published, together with his son Gershom's work of a similar nature, in 1892 under the title Zikhron Berit LaRishonim, a play on words (it is both a paraphrase of [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0326.htm Leviticus 26:45] and literally means 'A remembrance of the [[Brit milah|brit]] of the [[Rishonim]]'). According to the [[Encyclopedia Talmudit]], R' Gershom's work is the original source of the Jewish custom of refusing a [[Conversion to Judaism|convert]] three times before accepting him.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia Talmudit|last=Zevin|first=Rabbi Shlomo|publisher=Yad HaRav Herzog|year=1979|isbn=|location=Jerusalem, Israel|pages=428}}</ref> |
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Rabbi Jacob HaGozer, also Rabbi Ya'akov HaGozeir and other transliterations, was an early 13th century German Rabbi and mohel.[1] He was the nephew of Rabbi Ephraim of Bonn, and he authored a work on the laws of brit milah (circumcision). That volume was published, together with his son Gershom's work of a similar nature, in 1892 under the title Zikhron Berit LaRishonim, a play on words (it is both a paraphrase of Leviticus 26:45 and literally means 'A remembrance of the brit of the Rishonim'). According to the Encyclopedia Talmudit, R' Gershom's work is the original source of the Jewish custom of refusing a convert three times before accepting him.[2]
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- ^ "JACOB B. GERSHOM HA-GOZER - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ^ Zevin, Rabbi Shlomo (1979). Encyclopedia Talmudit. Jerusalem, Israel: Yad HaRav Herzog. p. 428.
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