Bezalel Ronsburg

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Bezalel ben Joel Ronsburg (1760–Sept. 25, 1820, Prague) (Hebrew: בצלאל רנשבורג) was a Bohemian Talmudist and rabbi, dayyan and head of the yeshibah in Prague. Zacharias Frankel was one of his pupils.

Ronsburg was the author of Horah Gaber (Prague, 1802), commentary on the tractate Horayot, and Ma'aseh Rab (ib. 1823), marginal notes on the Talmud, reprinted in the Prague (1830-32) edition of the Talmud and in several later ones. Under the title Sedeh Ẓofim, in the Prague (1839-46) edition of the Talmud, are printed Ronsburg's notes to the Halakot of Asher ben Jehiel; the same are reprinted in Romm's Wilna edition. The following works by Ronsburg remain in manuscript (as of 1906): Pitḥe Niddah, novellæ, and Siḥat Ḥullin.

At the official naming of the Jews, Ronsburg (the name is derived from Ronsperg, a city in Bohemia, and is pronounced "Ronshborg") took the name Daniel Bezaleel Rosenbaum, the initials standing for both surnames; he continued to be known, however, as Ronsburg.

[edit] Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

• Kisch, in Monatsschrift, xlv. 220;
• Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. under the erroneous spelling Rendsburg;
• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii. 129, s.v. Ranschburg.

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.