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Line 1: ~~[[Category:~~{{Short description\|13th-century French ~~people]]~~rabbi}}▼ {{More footnotes\|date=December 2011}} Rabbi '''Moses ben Jacob of Coucy''', also known as '''Moses Mikkotsi''' ({{lang-he-n\|משה בן יעקב מקוצי}}; {{lang-la\|Moses Kotsensis}}), was a [[French people\|French]] [[tosafists\|Tosafist]] and authority on [[Halakha]] (Jewish law). He is best known as the author of one of the earliest [[Halakha#Codes of Jewish law\|codifications of Halakha]], the ''[[Sefer Mitzvot Gadol]]''. == Biography == Line 11 ⟶ 12: == Works == {{Main\|Sefer Mitzvot Gadol}} The ''Sefer Mitzvot Gadol'' ({{lang-he-n\|ספר מצוות גדול}}) (in [[English language\|English]]: ''The Great Book of [[Mitzvah\|Commandments]]''; abbreviated {{Script/Hebrew\|סמ"ג}} "SeMaG"), completed in 1247,<ref>{{Cite journal\|jstor = 41310619\|title = The Significance of Form: R. Moses of Coucy's Reading Audience and His Sefer ha-Miẓvot\|journal = AJS Review\|volume = 35\|issue = 2\|pages = 293–321\|last1 = Galinsky\|first1 = Judah D\|year = 2011\|doi = 10.1017/S0364009411000407\|s2cid = 163080619}}</ref> deals with the 365 negative [[mitzvah\|commandments]] and the 248 positive commandments, separately discussing each of them according to the Talmud and the [[posek\|decisions]] of the Rabbis. "SeMaG" also contains much non-legal, moralistic teaching. References to the "SeMaG" are by section (positive or negative commandments) and a number for each commandment within its section. Rabbi Moses' arrangement and presentation are heavily influenced by [[Maimonides]]' discussion of the commandments in the ''[[Sefer Hamitzvot]]'' and by his codification of the [[Halakha]] in the ''[[Mishneh Torah]]''. However, unlike Maimonides, Rabbi Moses presents lengthy discussions of the different interpretations and legal opinions. He also makes extensive use of other [[Halakha#Codes of Jewish law\|codes]], and particularly of the commentaries of [[Rashi]] and the [[Tosafot]], usually favouring these [[Ashkenazi Jews\|Ashkenazi]] [[Oral Torah\|traditions]] over Maimonides. He was also the author of Old Tosafot ({{Script/Hebrew\|תוספות ישנים}}) to Yoma and of some published in the collection "Sugyot HaShas" (Berlin, 1736). == References == Line 30 ⟶ 31: [[Category:French Tosafists]] [[Category:13th-century deaths]] [[Category:13th-century French rabbis]] ▲[[Category:13th-century French people]] [[Category:Jewish apologists]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]