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Samuel Makshan

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Samuel ben Phinehas ha-Kohen Makshan (Hebrew: שמואל בן פינחס הכהן מקשן) was a 16th-century Bohemian Talmudist, born in Prague. He wrote Teḥillat divre Shmuel, commentary on the Targum of Esther (Prague, 1594),[1] Bet din shel Shmuel (Lublin, 1606), commentary on Rashi to Esther and Ruth and on the Targum of the latter, and Yegon lev (Krakow, n.d.), commentary on Lamentations.[2]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainDeutsch, Gotthard; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Makshan, Samuel ben Phinehas ha-Kohen". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 274.

  1. ^ Zunz, Leopold (1845). Zur Geschichte und Literatur. Vol. 1. p. 278. 1601 according to other bibliographers
  2. ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Samuel Makschan". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. p. 2435.