Samson ben Samuel

Samson ben Samuel of Jerusalem, also called Samson ben Samuel of Düren was born in Düren, Germany. He is known as the author of Kitzur Mordechai, an abridgement of Mordechai ben Hillel's work, and the Yeriot Izzim, a description of the 613 commandments in rhyming verse. According to, the Yeriot Izzim was composed in Jerusalem. According to Shammai Rubin, the Kitzur Mordechai was completed. The Yeriot Izzim includes explanatory glosses, though Reiner and dispute whether Samson himself is the author.
Only his Yeriot Izzim has been fully printed, in Venice, 1597. The Kitzur Mordechai on Yoma was published by Israel Peles in 1992, and the Kitzur Mordechai on Rosh Hashanah was published by Shammai Rubin in 2022.