One of the greatest sages and Halakhic authorities of Salonika in the 16th century. A student of R. Levi ben Haviv (Ralbach) and Rabbi Yosef Taitacz, he served as rabbi in many communities in Turkey, and the Talmudic academy he headed produced many great scholars, among them R. Avraham di Boton (author of 'Lechem Mishneh') and R. Menachem Di Lunzano. He received Halachic inquiries from Italy and the entire Balkan region, and nearly one thousand of his responsa were printed by his son as "Responsa of Maharashdam." His sermons were published under the name "Ben Shmuel", and he also wrote novellae on the Talmud, which have never been printed.
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