Solomon Sirilio

Solomon Sirilio left Spain as a child due to the Jewish expulsion of 1492 and settled with his family in Salonika, where he became a respected rabbi. He moved to Safed in 1532 but relocated to Jerusalem after a dispute about inspecting a slaughtered animal’s lungs for defects that might render it unkosher. He had written a book in Salonika on kosher slaughter and examination, but the Safed community had different standards. Sirilio’s commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud was among the first and is cited by his colleague Rabbi Joseph Karo and other authorities. He also compiled a work on Mishnah Eduyot in the style of the Talmud, based on relevant talmudic passages, and added a commentary.