Creator Bio
Samuel ben Natronay
d. before 1175
Samuel ben Natronay was a German talmudist who was related by marriage to leading German figures, including Eliezer ben Nathan (1090–1170) and Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi of Bonn (d. ca. 1200). Samuel studied in the talmudic academy in Regensburg and lived in various German cities. His few surviving writings often appear cited in the works of later figures. Besides composing Tosafot (additions) and responsa, Samuel also wrote piyyutim (liturgical poems), an interest he shared with many of his contemporaries.
Content by Samuel ben Natronay
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On Counting a Child for a Minyan
Our master [Samuel ben Natronay] would say that even if a minor is holding a Torah scroll, we may not count him as completing the ten men required for prayer; all the more so we do not count one…