Simha of Speyer

Simḥa ben Samuel of Speyer (13th century) was a German rabbi and tosafist.

He was one of the leading signatories of the Takkanot Shum[1] He was a nephew of the director (parnas) Kalonymus, a student of R. Eliezer of Metz, and a colleague of Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi.

Simha was the author of the following works: Aside from these works decisions and responsa by Simḥah are mentioned in the responsa collection of R. Meir of Rothenburg (Nos.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds.

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