TALMUD SCHOLAR YISRAEL TA-SHEMA HAS PASSED AWAY. Ha'aretz has an obituary:

Prof. Yisrael Ta-Shema, halakhic scholar, dies at 68

By Avi Katzman

Prof. Yisrael Ta-Shema passed away yesterday at the age of 68, following a long illness. Ta-Shema was a 2003 Israel Prize laureate for Talmud studies and a renowned scholar of the halakha of the Middle Ages and early modern period.

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May his memory be for a blessing.