Etz Yosef

Etz Yosef - R' Chanokh Zundel ben Yosef, 19th-century talmudist from Bialystok. Wrote commentaries on Ein Ya’akov and Midrash Rabbah, among other works. His writing consists of summaries of earlier commentaries, incorporating his own novel interpretations. Devoted to analysing the various midrashim in light of each other and earlier commentators and then finding creative new solutions to the apparent contradictions in the sources.