Bartenura on Mishnah Kelimברטנורא על משנה כלים
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1445 CE–1515 CE · Rishonim · Bertinoro
Ovadia Bartenura (c. 1445–1515) was an Italian-Jewish halakhist and commentator, born in Bartenura, a small town in Umbria. After establishing himself as a respected authority in Italy, he emigrated to the Land of Israel around 1488, settling in Jerusalem during the early Ottoman period. He is best known for his clear, systematic commentary on the Mishnah, which became one of the most widely studied Mishnah commentaries in Jewish tradition. His works combined philosophical insight with practical halakhic guidance, and he was deeply involved in the spiritual and communal life of Jerusalem's Jewish community in his later years.
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Born and educated in Bertinoro (Romagna, Italy); the toponym became his name. Studied under R. Yosef Colon (the Maharik).
Bertinoro is a hill town in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Romagna area of Emilia-Romagna, north-central Italy. Its castle, built around the year 1000, hosted the emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1177, and the town was the seat of a Catholic diocese from 1360 until it was united with Forlì in 1986. Bertinoro was the birthplace, around 1445-1450, of Rabbi Obadiah ben Abraham, known as the Bartenura, whose commentary on the Mishnah became the standard one printed with the text. He reached Jerusalem in 1488 and became a leader of its Jewish community, dying there around 1515.
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Systematic, clear commentary on all six orders of the Mishnah; became the standard printed commentary and is studied alongside the Mishnah text to this day.
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