Ashkenaz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז

Proper noun

Ashkenaz

  1. A medieval region of Central Europe, centered on the Rhineland, in modern Germany.
    • 2024, David Golinkin, “Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 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.
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