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Ashkenaz
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English
Etymology
en he אַשְׁכְּנַז
Proper noun
A medieval region of Central Europe, centered on the Rhineland, in modern Germany.
en 2024 David Golinkin Responsa in a Moment 4 Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18? 67 Similar rulings are found in the writings of the major poskim of Ashkenaz, such as Rabbi Elazar of Worms, author of the Rokeaḥ, Rabbi Yitzḥak ben Moshe of Vienna, and Rabbi Alexander Zusslin Hanoken, author of Sefer Ha'agudah.