The 14th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Yehoshua Falk Katz (1680-1755). He is known rather by his famous Talmudic work P'nei Yehoshua.
The P'nei Yehoshua first served as rabbi of Lemberg (Lvov) in 1718. In 1730 the P'nei Yehoshua accepted the Rabbinical position in the City of Berlin. In the y 1734 he moved on to become Rabbi in Metz, and in 1740 he accepted his final Rabbinical position in Frankfurt where he remained until his passing in 1755.
Among his talmidim was Reb Dov Ber of Lokatch, later to be the Magid of Mezritch.
Kosher Health Corner
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