Shemaiah ofSoissons was a French Jewish scholar of the 12th century. He is often erroneously identified withShemaiah of Troyes.

He was a pupil ofRashi, andAbraham 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 ofEzekiel, Rashi changed one of his interpretations.

With Rashi's oversight, Shemaiah composed a commentary to several tractates of theTalmud; Shemaiah's commentary toMiddot is printed in standard editions of the Talmud. Many of his other compositions did not survive.

In addition, he authored the following works:

• Sodot orMidrash, notes on the construction of theTabernacle as described inExodus 25–26. It was edited on the basis of the Munich manuscript by Berliner inMonatsschrift, 1864, pp. 224 et seq.
• An exegesis ofDeuteronomy 13, in manuscript.
• Commentary on theMachzor, also in manuscript.
• Glosses on thePentateuch.
• Commentary on theSong of Songs.
• Commentary on b.Tamid, published Uziel Fuchs (2000).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Wilhelm Bacher;Schulim Ochser (1901–1906)."Shemaiah of Soissons". InSinger, Isidore; et al. (eds.).The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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