Prof. Simcha Assaf, member of the Israel Supreme Court and a noted rabbinic scholar, died here yesterday at the age of 64. At his bedside yesterday were the members of the court, who interrupted a court session when he took a turn for the worse.
Born in Minak, Russia, Dr. Assaf was, from 1914 until he settled in Jerusalem in 1922, head of the famous Odessa Yeshiva. When the Hebrew University of Jerusalem opened in 1925 he was appointed a lecturer and later Professor of Talmudic Literature. In 1948 he was one of the original five members appointed to constitute the Israel Supreme Court. He was also a visiting Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York.
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