(Rema) (c1530–1572) *Halakhist. Isserles was one of the great legal authorities of his day and was known as the ‘*Maimonides of Polish Jewry’. His supplement to Joseph Caro’s *Shulhan Arukh made that work acceptable to...

Moses Isserles (or Moshe Isserlis) (1520 - 1572), was a Rabbi and Talmudist, renowned for his fundamental work of Halakha (Jewish law), entitled HaMapah (lit. "the tablecloth"), a commentary on - and component of - the Shulkhan Arukh (lit. "the set...