SAMUEL BEN ALEXANDER OF HALBERSTADT:
German rabbi and scientist; perhaps a resident of Frankfort-on-the-Oder; died July 6, 1707. He was the author of "Peri Megadim," an alphabetical index to Shulḥan 'Aruk, Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1691).
Bibliography:
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2403;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 495;
- Roest, Cat. Rosenthal. Bibl. ii. 1020.