Shemaiah of Soissons


Shemaiah of Soissons was a French Jewish scholar of the 12th century. He is often erroneously identified with Shemaiah of Troyes.
He was a pupil of Rashi, and Abraham Epstein identified him as Rashi's "secretary" and "scribe". Rashi referred to him as "our brother Shemaiah", and wrote that due to their shared study of Ezekiel, Rashi changed one of his interpretations. According to Rabbeinu Tam, Shemaiah was the father-in-law of Rabbeinu Tam's brother, likely referring to Rashbam.

Works

With Rashi's oversight, Shemaiah composed a commentary to several tractates of the Talmud; Shemaiah's commentary to Middot is printed in standard editions of the Talmud. Many of his other compositions did not survive.
In addition, he authored the following works: