Rav Yosef Kalmankash

Rosh Bais Din of Prague

Rav Yosef Kalmankash, born in 5287 (1526), was the son of Rav Avraham, Av Bais Din of Lublin.

He was the brother of Rav Eliyahu Kalmankash, Av Bais Din of Lvov and the author of Aderes Eliyahu, whose yahrtzeit falls on 9 Nissan 5393 (1633).

Rav Yosef’s matzeva testifies that he lived to the age of 110! He was a great posek and gaon. To demonstrate his greatness, the sefer Kelilas Yofi cites the sefer Beraychos Mayim that when a shaila once came before Rav Yitzchak Darshan of Krakow from the bais din of the Bach, he sent it on to Rav Yosef to reply with an answer.

Rav Yosef passed away on the 1st of Tishrei 5397 (1636).