Zerachiah ben Isaac ha-Levi Gerondi (Hebrew: זרחיה הלוי), called the ReZaH, RaZBI or Baal Ha-Maor (author of the book Ha-Maor) was born about 1115 in the...

was the son of Rabbi Zerachiah haLevi of Girona Baal Hamaor. Ra'AH's mother Clara was a granddaughter of Aaron of Lunel, who was the son of Meshullam ben...

his Milhamot Hashem (Wars of the Lord) he defended Alfasi's decisions against the criticisms of Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona. These writings reveal a conservative...

Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi יהודה בן שמואל הלוי‎‎; Arabic: يهوذا اللاوي, romanized: Yahūḏa...

Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew...

brilliant rays our eyes are dazzled". His language toward R' Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona ("Baal Hamaor") was harsh, almost hostile. Though only eighteen...

ben Isaac of Narbonne Isaac ben Merwan ha-Levi Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona the Baal haMaor. Abraham ben Nathan haYarhi (Yareah...

(Rashba), 13th century Talmudist Aharon HaLevi, (Ra'ah), 13th century Talmudist Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona, (Baal Ha-Maor) 12th century Talmudist Meshullam...

Daṿid ha-Leṿi 1110-1180 (1969). A critical edition with a translation and notes of the Book of Tradition: (Sefer Ha-Qabbalah). The Littman Library of Jewish...

ha-Turim as well as Rabbi Yaakov ben Raash (Rabbeinu Asher), was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. He is often referred to as the Ba'al ha-Turim...

Rabbi Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona (1115-1186) Saadia Kobashi (1904–1990), the Levite Yemenite Jewish leader who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence...

and posek (decider in matters of halakha - Jewish law). He is best known for his work of halakha, the legal code Sefer Ha-halachot, considered the first...

commonly used Abravanel, but his own son Judah insisted on Abarbanel, and Sefer HaTishbi by Elijah Levita, who was a nearby contemporary, twice vowels the name...

Joseph ibn Migash or Joseph ben Meir HaLevi ibn Migash or Yosef Ibn Meir Ha-Levi Ibn Megas or José ben Meir ibn Megas (early 1077 – c. 1141) (Hebrew:...

this position, and after his death it was occupied by his brother Levi. Though Moshe ha-Darshan was considered a rabbinical authority, he owes his reputation...

This is based on Astruc ha-Levi's report of the religious debate held at Tortosa in 1413-14, which mentions Albo as one of the Jewish participants and...

Isaac ha-Levi (Hebrew: רבי יואל בן יצחק הלוי; c. 1115 - 1200) also known as Rav Yoel of Bonn was a 12th-century German Tosafist, and the father of Eliezer...

printed. Mishmeret HaBayit, a defense against Aharon HaLevi's critique of Torat HaBayit. Sha'ar HaMayim, a work focusing on the laws of a mikveh (ritual...

Perfumer" אלעזר רקח) from the title of his Book of the Perfumer (Sefer ha rokeah ספר הרקח)—where the numerical value of "Perfumer" (in Hebrew) is equal to...

yeshiva at Narbonne, and several of his pupils subsequently achieved fame. Abraham ben David and Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona were among his pupils. He was...

known of his pupils, but at least two others have won recognition, Rabbi Mattathias of Saragossa, and Rabbi Zechariah ha-Levi. Crescas was a man of means...

Menachem ben Solomon HaMeiri (Hebrew: מנחם בן שלמה המאירי; French: Don Vidal Solomon, 1249–1315), commonly referred to as HaMeiri, the Meiri, or just...

Dunash ha-Levi ben Labrat (920/925 – after 985) (Hebrew: ר׳ דוֹנָש הַלֵּוִי בֵּן לָבְּרָט; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet...

Nathan." In deference to a passage in Joseph ha-Kohen's Emek haBacha, p. 31, which makes a certain Eleazar ha-Levi the author, some writers (as Landshuth and...

November 2020. Rustow M (1 October 2010). "Sar Shalom ben Moses ha-Levi". Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Archived from the original on 18 June...

son of Abraham the Gironan'; died 1264), also known as Jonah of Girona and Rabbeinu Yonah (רבינו יונה), was a Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of Nahmanides...

"Batte ha-Nefesh weha-Leḥashim." The second work of Levi was the "Liviat Chen" or "Sefer ha-Kolel," a "comprehensive book" (encyclopedia). The dates of its...

in Maribor, Duchy of Styria – 1460 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria) was a Talmudist, and Halakhist, best known for his Terumat HaDeshen, which served...

רבי יצחק בן אברהם אבוהב; fl. 1300) also known by his magnum opus, Menorat ha-Maor, was an early 14th century Spanish Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist. He...

also cited by Rabbi Zerachya HaLevi, a Provençal critic. He maintained a scholarly correspondence with Aaron ben Joseph of Beaugency and received questions...