Avraham Gombiner (circa 1633-circa 1683) was a rabbi and Talmudist and a leading religious authority in the Jewish community of Kalisch, Poland during the seventeenth century. He is known to scholars of Judaism for his Magen Avraham commentary on the Orach Chayim section of Rabbi Joseph Karo's Shulkhan Arukh. Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... See Semicha for article about ordination of rabbis. ... The first page of the Talmud, in the standard Vilna edition. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Motto: Młode Duchem Nastarsze Miasto w Polsce Voivodship Greater Poland Municipal government Rada Miejska Kalisz Mayor Janusz Pęcherz Area 88 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 160 149 - -/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 51°45 N 18°04 E Area code +48 62 Car plates PK Twin towns - Municipal Website... For a discussion of Jews as an ethnicity or ethnic group see the article on Jew. ... Orach Chayim is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Ashers compilation of Jewish Law, Arbaah Turim, that treats all aspects of Jewish Law primarily pertinent to the Jewish calendar (whether the daily, weekly, monthly, or annual calendar). ... Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Karo is one of the most important leaders in the history of halakha (Jewish law). ... The Shulkhan Arukh (Hebrew: Prepared Table), by Rabbi Yosef Karo is considered the most authoritative compilation of Jewish law since the Talmud. ...

His work includes Zayit Ra'anan, a commentary on the popular Midrashic collection Yalkut Shimoni. He also authored a commentary to the works of the Tosafists on the section of Nezikin in the Talmud. Midrash (pl. ... Tosafists were medieval rabbis who collected commentaries on the Talmud, and appear in virtually every edition since it was first printed. ... Nezikin (The Order of Damages) is the fourth order of Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). ... The first page of the Talmud, in the standard Vilna edition. ...