Rokeiach

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Rav Elazar Rokeiach of Worms, Germany was one of the Chassidei Ashkenaz, a group of German pietists. He lived from 1165 until 1238. His work, Sefer HaRokeiach is a guide to ethics and halacha. His teachers included, among others, Raavyah and the author of the Yereim, and among his students were Ramban and Rav Menachem Recanati.