Moses ben Eliezer Jaffe

Rabbi Moses ben Eliezer Jaffe II (Hebrew: רבי משה בן אליעזר יפה; d. 1520) was a 15th century Bohemian Rabbi and scholar, he is also the maternal grandfather of Joel Sirkis.

Not to be confused with Moses Jaffe of Bologna.

Born in Hořovice, Czechia in the late 15th century, his father Rabbi Eliezer Jaffe was a Rabbi in Hořovice and was the son of Abraham of Bohemia. In his early years, Rabbi Moses learnt under his father, later moving to Kraków, Poland where he served as the city's rabbi. He later died in 1520 in Kraków. [1][2][3]

References
  1. "JAFFE (JOFFE) - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  2. אגודת משפחת איגר = The Eger Family Association (in Hebrew). קבוץ נצר־סרני: ע. איגר. 1990. p. 3. OCLC 30781912.
  3. "Rabbi Moshe Yaffe". Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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