Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013–1103) (Arabic: إسحاق الفاسي, Hebrew: ר' יצחק אלפסי), also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym, the Rif (Rabbi Isaac...

football player Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103), Algerian Talmudist and jurist Isaac II Angelos (1156–1204)...

Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel...

(Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי‎; Latin: Salomon Isaacides; French: Salomon ben Isaac de Troyes; c. 1040 – 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi...

moralist Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist Isaac Alfasi, (Hilkhot haRif), 11th century North African and Spanish Talmudist and...

of the Rif (Rabbi Isaac Alfasi)—also an adumbration—but differs in quoting later authorities: Maimonides, the Tosafists and Alfasi himself. One theory...

HaRif was written by the Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103); it has summations of the legal material found in the Talmud. Alfasi transcribed the Talmud's halakhic...

closest students were the Isaac ben Sheshet and Hasdai Crescas. His best-known work is his commentary and explanation of Isaac Alfasi's Sefer Ha-halachot, which...

whom Judah quotes include Amram Gaon, Sherira Gaon, Hai Gaon, Nissim Gaon, Alfasi, Maimonides, Elijah ben Menahem, Gershom ben Judah, Jacob of Orleans, Jacob...

גיאת' ימינה)." According to some authorities, he was the teacher of Isaac Alfasi; according to others, his fellow pupil. His best-known students were...

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...

and philosophy. Nachmanides' known halakhic works - after the model of Isaac Alfasi - are: Mishpetei ha-Cherem, the laws concerning excommunication, reproduced...

associated with Chananel ben Chushiel. His most famous student is probably Isaac Alfasi. Nissim maintained an active correspondence with Hai ben Sharira and...

commentary of Asher ben Jehiel. He also wrote commentaries on the writings of Isaac Alfasi and certain works of Nahmanides. "YOM-ṬOB BEN ABRAHAM ISHBILI - JewishEncyclopedia...

strong disagreements with Isaac Alfasi, before his death he asked his son Baruch to go to Lucena and study with him. Alfasi adopted Baruch who eventually...

and the dicta of the Talmud through the Rishonim. He used the code of Isaac Alfasi as his starting point; these views are then compared to those of Maimonides...

father, who had in turn studied under Joseph ibn Migash, a student of Isaac Alfasi. At an early age, Maimonides developed an interest in sciences and philosophy...

replacement of the Talmud study with the exclusive study of the codes of Isaac Alfasi and Maimonides. While Jews in Muslim countries had a wide variety of...

capacity of rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of Kairouan. His most famous student is Isaac Alfasi. According to R. Abraham Ibn Daud, R. Chananel was also successful in...

Isaac the Blind (Hebrew: רַבִּי יִצְחַק סַגִּי נְהוֹר Rabbī Yīṣḥaq Saggī Nəhōr, literally "Rabbi Isaac, of much light"; c. 1160–1235 in Provence, France)...

disputing Rambam or Rif) Gedolei HaPoskim ("The Greatest of the Poskim") – Isaac Alfasi Gedolei HaMechabrim ("The Greatest of the Authors") – Rambam Geonei Sefarad...

Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Aboab (Hebrew: רבי יצחק בן אברהם אבוהב; fl. 1300) also known by his magnum opus, Menorat ha-Maor, was an early 14th century Spanish...

important religious questions with the utmost freedom and was joined by Isaac Albalag and others. Opposed to these was another tendency, the chief object...

Qusta ibn Luqa, Al-Farabi, Al-Fergani, Chonain, Isaac Israeli, Ibn Tufail, Ibn Zuhr, Isaac Alfasi, and Maimonides.[citation needed] Gersonides held...

and Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103), Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013—1103), was a Talmudist and posek Riffian people...

as Isaac Alfasi (North Africa, 1013–1103) attempted to extract and determine the binding legal opinions from the vast corpus of the Talmud. Alfasi's work...

performed a dream-quest and discovered that Jacob was the reincarnation of Isaac Alfasi. These meetings necessarily occurred before 1738. Polish census records...

(d. 1081) Guaimar IV of Salerno, Italian nobleman (approximate date) Isaac Alfasi, Algerian Talmudist and posek (d. 1103) April 19 – Hisham II, caliph...

Smith Immanuel Kant Isaac Alfasi Isaac Canpanton Isaac Cardoso Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus Isaac Orobio de Castro Isaac ben Sheshet Isaac ibn Latif J.P. Moreland...

positions on three authorities: Maimonides, Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh), and Isaac Alfasi (the Rif). Of these, only Asher ben Jehiel had non-Sephardic roots, having...