and Ashkenazi practice. The second part of Terumat haDeshen, entitled Pesakim u-ketavim, contains 267 decisions largely on points of the marriage law. According to Shabbatai ha-Kohen (the "Shach"), it was "known" that Rabbi Isserlein was not answering questions posed to him in the Terumat HaDeshen, rather he actually wrote the questions and answers himself. Therefore (Shach concludes) unlike with other responsa, the parameters of the questions posed in the Terumat HaDeshen are themselves binding when alluded to in the answer. However, with the printing of the work Leket Yosher of Joseph (Joselein) ben Moses in 1903, it became apparent that the responsa were in fact based on actual questions, as the individuals who asked the questions are clearly identified there. References 1390 births 1460 deaths 15th-century Austrian rabbis German Orthodox rabbis Austrian Orthodox rabbis Slovenian rabbis Austrian people of German descent Clergy from Regensburg Writers from Maribor People from Krems an der Donau Authors of books on Jewish law