Author of the classic commentary "Tiferet Yisrael" on the Mishna. He served as Rabbi, first at Dessau and then at Danzig, and led the life of an ascetic, frequently fasting three days in succession. He also wrote "Shevilei de'Rakiya", an introduction to the principles of Rabbinical astronomy, and "Drush Ohr HaChayim", a treatise discussing the eternity of the soul and the age of the universe, in addition to other lengthy essays, many of which are appended to his Mishnah commentary. His ethical will contains twenty-eight paragraphs, consisting primarily of moral and ascetic precepts.
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