# Joseph Case

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**Joseph ben Abraham Case** (also **Casa** or **Kaza**; Hebrew: יוסף בן אברהם קאזי or קאזא) was one of the foremost [Polish](/source/Polish_people) rabbis and [Talmudists](/source/Talmudists) of the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth; died at [Posen](/source/Pozna%C5%84) about 1610. His name, "Case" or "Kaza" is most probably only a variant of the well-known surname "Cases." This would argue for Italian descent; but it does not agree with the fact that Case called himself "Shapiro," as Bloch has conclusively proved.

After serving as chief rabbi of [Lemberg](/source/Lemberg), Case became city rabbi of Posen, while [Mordecai ben Abraham Jafe](/source/Mordecai_ben_Abraham_Jafe) was the district rabbi of Greater Poland. Although Case apparently left no writings, he was one of the first Talmudic authorities of his time, as may be seen from [Benjamin Aaron Solnik](/source/Benjamin_Aaron_Solnik)'s *responsum* No. 22, and [Meïr ben Gedaliah](/source/Me%C3%AFr_ben_Gedaliah) of Lublin's *responsum* No. 88. Case's son Solomon (died January 2, 1612, at Lemberg) was also an eminent Talmudist.

## References

- [Bloch](/source/Philipp_Bloch), in *Ha-Eshkol,* i.[151–154](https://books.google.com/books?id=yx5PAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA151);
- [Buber](/source/Solomon_Buber), *Anshe Shem,* Nos. [215](http://hebrewbooks.org//pdfpager.aspx?req=21362&st=&pgnum=118), [508](http://hebrewbooks.org//pdfpager.aspx?req=21362&st=&pgnum=232);
- Kohen Tzedek, *Liwyat Hen* (Supplement to vol. v of *Oẓar ha-Sifrut*), [p. 36](https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=44244&st=&pgnum=36).

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