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  • ben Nathan (Rivan), and thus a descendant of Rashi. In his early years, he learnt under Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and his son Elhanan ben Isaac of...
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    Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (Hebrew: רבינו תם), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and...
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    Jacob ben Asher (c. 1270–1340), also known as Ba'al ha-Turim as well as Yaakov ben haRosh, was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. He is often...
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    Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel...
    29 KB (3,623 words) - 16:33, 26 November 2024
  • Ephraim of Bonn (1132–1200 or 1221?), also known as Ephraim ben Jacob, was a rabbi and writer, known for documenting the massacre of the Jews in the city...
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  • though not as a pupil consults a teacher. Abraham ben Nathan of Lunel and Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne were related to him, while the latter's son-in-law...
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  • he-Ḥasid mentioned in Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jama's additions to the Arukh of Nathan ben Jehiel was a son of Judah ha-Darshan. Nathan ben Jehiel was certainly a...
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    Rashi (redirect from Solomon b. Isaac)
    (Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי‎; Latin: Salomon Isaacides; French: Salomon ben Isaac de Troyes; c. 1040 – 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi...
    55 KB (6,355 words) - 02:05, 15 December 2024
  • where he attended the lectures of Jacob Tam, and afterward at Sens, before the two studied together at Dampierre. Isaac died at Dampierre prior to 1210...
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  • Rabbis Isaac ha-Kohen of Narbonne, the first commentator upon the Jerusalem Talmud; Abraham ben Nathan of Lunel, author of HaManhig; Meir ben Isaac of Carcassonne...
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  • his ancestors was Rabbi Eliezer ben Nathan (the RaABaN). Asher had eight sons, the most prominent of whom were Jacob (author of the Arba'ah Turim) and Judah...
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  • Shevuot, end Isaac ben Sheshet, teshuva 447 Isaac ben Sheshet, Responsa nos. 377, 447 O. H. Schorr, in "He-Ḥaluẓ," 1852, i. 22 et seq. Isaac ben Sheshet...
    7 KB (862 words) - 17:41, 25 October 2024
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    brothers Judah (Nos. 19, 20), Isaac (No. 21), and Moses ibn Ezra (No. 16), R. Baruch (Nos. 23, 28), Meïr ibn Migas (No. 27), Isaac Alfasi, head of the yeshiva...
    32 KB (4,102 words) - 23:34, 5 January 2025
  • disputing Rambam or Rif) Gedolei HaPoskim ("The Greatest of the Poskim") – Isaac Alfasi Gedolei HaMechabrim ("The Greatest of the Authors") – Rambam Geonei...
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    subsequent centuries. One of his great-grandsons was Asher b. Jehiel (ROSH), father of R. Jacob, author of the Ṭurim. In or around 1160, a synod was held...
    9 KB (1,133 words) - 06:07, 25 October 2024
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    publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Jacob b. Yakar". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls....
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    Nachmanides (redirect from Moses b. Nahman)
    descendant of Isaac ben Reuben of Barcelona and cousin of Jonah Gerondi (Rabbeinu Yonah). Among his teachers in Talmud were Judah ben Yakar and Nathan ben Meïr...
    34 KB (4,398 words) - 21:03, 4 November 2024
  • associated with Nissim Ben Jacob in the capacity of rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of Kairouan. His most famous student is Isaac Alfasi. According to R. Abraham...
    6 KB (677 words) - 16:01, 25 October 2024
  • ordination of other rabbis. Responsa of rabbis Israel Bruna, Moses Mintz and Jacob Moelin or the Maharil of Mainz quotes Isserlein with great respect. For...
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  • Rabbi Simeon bar Isaac bar Avon of Mainz (also known as Rabbi Shimon ben Yitzchak, Rabbi Simeon the Great, (Hebrew: שמעון בן יצחק; c. 950 - c. 1020) was...
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