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...
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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...
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Nachmanides (category Rabbis from Girona)
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...
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Judah Halevi (redirect from Judah Ha-Levi)
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...
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Gersonides (redirect from Levi ben Gerson)
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...
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Abraham ben David (redirect from Abraham ben David of Posquières)
brilliant rays our eyes are dazzled". His language toward R' Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona ("Baal Hamaor") was harsh, almost hostile. Though only eighteen...
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Hachmei Provence (section Rest of Provence)
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...
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Rishonim (section List of Rishonim)
(Rashba), 13th century Talmudist Aharon HaLevi, (Ra'ah), 13th century Talmudist Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona, (Baal Ha-Maor) 12th century Talmudist Meshullam...
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Abraham ibn Daud (redirect from Avraham ben David ha-Levi)
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...
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Jacob ben Asher (redirect from Ba'al ha-Turim)
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...
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Isaac Alfasi (redirect from Isaac ben Jacob Ha-Kohen)
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...
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Isaac Abarbanel (section Works of Hope)
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...
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Joseph ibn Migash (redirect from Joseph ben Meïr ha-Levi ibn Migas)
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:...
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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...
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Joseph Albo (category Articles with Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
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...
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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...
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Shlomo ibn Aderet (category Authors of works on the Talmud)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Hasdai Crescas (category Philosophers of Judaism)
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...
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Menachem ben Solomon HaMeiri (Hebrew: מנחם בן שלמה המאירי; French: Don Vidal Solomon, 1249–1315), commonly referred to as HaMeiri, the Meiri, or just...
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Dunash ben Labrat (redirect from Dunash ha-Levi ibn Labrat)
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...
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Eliezer ben Nathan (redirect from Eliezer ben Nathan of Mainz)
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...
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Maimonides (redirect from Teaching of Moses Maimonides)
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...
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Yonah Gerondi (redirect from Yonah of Girona)
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...
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"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...
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Israel Isserlein (redirect from Terumat HaDeshen)
in Maribor, Duchy of Styria – 1460 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria) was a Talmudist, and Halakhist, best known for his Terumat HaDeshen, which served...
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Isaac Aboab I (redirect from Menorat ha-Maor)
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...
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Rabbeinu Tam (category Authors of books on Jewish law)
also cited by Rabbi Zerachya HaLevi, a Provençal critic. He maintained a scholarly correspondence with Aaron ben Joseph of Beaugency and received questions...
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