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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Rabbi]] '''Moses ben Jacob of Coucy''' was a [[French people|French]] [[tosafists|Tosafist]] and authority on [[Halakha]] (Jewish law). He lived in the first half of the thirteenth century, and was a descendant of a family of distinguished scholars. He is best known as author of one of the earliest [[Halakha#Codes of Jewish law|codifications of Halakha]], the "'''''Sefer Mitzvot Gadol'''''" ([[hebrew language|Hebrew]]: Large Book of the [[Mitzvah|Commandments]]; abbreviated "SeMaG"). He studied under [[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg]] (''Yehudah HeHasid'').<br />
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"SeMaG" deals with the 365 negative [[mitzvah|commandments]] and the 248 positive commandments, separately discussing each of them according to the [[Talmud]] and the [[posek|decisions]] of the Rabbis. Rabbi Moses' arrangement and presentation are heavily influenced by [[Maimonides]]' discussion of the commandments in the [[613_mitzvot#Works_enumerating_the_commandments| Sefer Hamitzvot]] and by his codification of the [[Halakha]] in the [[Mishneh Torah]]. However unlike Maimonides, Rabbi Moses presents lengthy discussions of the different interpretations and legal opinions. He also makes extensive use of other [[Halakha#Codes_of_Jewish_law|codes]], and particularly of the commentaries of [[Rashi]] and the [[Tosafot]], usually favouring these [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] [[Oral Torah|traditions]] over Maimonides. The "SeMaG" also contains much non-legal, moralistic teaching. Commentaries on ''SeMaG'' include ''Tosefe Semag'' by [[Elijah Mizrachi]] (Re'em) and ''Ammude Shlomo'' by [[Solomon Luria]] (Maharshal).<br />
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In [[1240]] Moses was one of the four rabbis who were required to defend the [[Talmud]], in a public disputation in [[Paris]], and it is likely that the need for a work like the "SeMaG" was driven by the [[Talmud#External attacks on the Talmud|decrees against the Talmud]] which had been promulgated in [[France]], and had led to the confiscation and burning of all Talmud manuscripts in [[1242]]. <br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=881&letter=M&search=coucy Moses Ben Jacob of Coucy (SeMaG)], jewishencyclopedia.com<br />
*[http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/SeMaG.html Sefer Mitzvot Gadol], Prof. Eliezer Segal<br />
*[http://www.bnainoach.com/tiki-index.php?page=Semag Semag], bnainoach.com</div>Abrahamson