Ashkenaz

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  1. 1
    A medieval region of Central Europe, centered on the Rhineland, in modern Germany.

    "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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"Ashkenaz was the Medieval Hebrew term for Germany."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז

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