Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise

Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise was a French rabbi, a tosafist of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. His French name was Sir Morel, by which he is often designated in rabbinical literature.

He was a pupil of Judah Sir Leon of Paris and of . In 1240 he took part in the renowned controversy instigated by the baptized Jew Nicholas Donin.

Samuel was the author of the following works:

• Tosafot to several Talmudical treatises, among which those to the 'Abodah Zarah were published, together with the text, according to the redaction of his disciple Perez ben Elijah
• A commentary, no longer in existence, on the laws concerning Passover composed in verse by Joseph Ṭob 'Elem, quoted by Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (Or Zarua, ii. 114)
• Ritual decisions, frequently cited by Meir of Rothenburg, Mordechai ben Hillel, and other rabbinical authorities of that time.

References[]

• Jacobs, Jews of Angevin England, pp. 53, 146, 421. OCLC 3030431

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:

• Loeb, in R. E. J. i. 248;
• Gross, Gallia Judaica, pp. 478-479:
• Berliner's Magazin, iv. 179-194;
• Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. vii. 130;
• Leopold Zunz, Z. G. p. 37;