• Joseph Colon ben Solomon Trabotto, also known as Maharik, (c. 1420 in Chambéry – 1480 in Pavia) was a 15th-century rabbi who is considered Italy's foremost...
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  • Jonah ibn Janah, 11th century Hebrew grammarian Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), 15th century Spain Joseph ibn Migash 12th century Spanish Talmudist and rosh...
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    interpretations. Jacob quotes many other commentators, among them Saadia Gaon, Rashi, Joseph Kara and Abraham ibn Ezra. Works of Jacob ben Ascher in the Gesamtkatalog...
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    Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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    escaped the massacre in Castile in 1391. A student of the rabbi of Lisbon, Joseph Chaim, he became well versed in rabbinic literature and in the learning...
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  • Aharon ben Joseph haLevi (Hebrew: אהרון הלוי‎; 1235 – c. 1290), known by his Hebrew acronym Ra'aH (רא"ה‎), was a medieval rabbi, Talmudic scholar and Halakhist...
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    modern scholarship attributes it to a different author, perhaps Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla. In this book, the author criticizes Maimonides for...
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    presented: Moses son of Maimon the Judge, son of Joseph the Wise, son of Isaac the Judge, son of Joseph the Judge, son of Obadiah the Judge, son of Solomon...
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    Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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    Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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    Joseph Albo (Hebrew: יוסף אלבו; c. 1380–1444) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in Spain during the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the...
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  • prohibition on wearing red is Ashkenazic, originally formulated by Joseph Colon Trabotto, Moses Isserles, and Shabtai HaKohen. In modern interpretation,...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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    not our practice ... but that local customs should not change." Joseph Colon Trabotto adds in his Responsa that in his edition (ours is lacunose) Ghiyyat...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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    Joseph, and Isaac, the vizier Abu al-Hasan, Meïr ibn Kamnial, the physician and poet Solomon ben Mu'allam of Seville, besides his schoolmates Joseph ibn...
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    known by the Hebrew acronym יר"א (Yareh). Obadiah was a student of Joseph Colon Trabotto (Maharik), and became rabbi in Bertinoro, a town in the modern province...
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  • early 20th century authors such as the Chafetz Chaim, the Chazon Ish, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik whom write under the assumption that Beit HaBechira was...
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  • 145. (MS. De Rossi No. 1138). A commentary on the prayers mentioned by Joseph Solomon Delmedigo in his Maẓref la-Ḥokmah (p. 14b). Printed by Hirshler...
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    reasons for the Biblical commandments, he wrote in 1158 for a London friend, Joseph ben Jacob. In his philosophical thought neoplatonic ideas prevail; and astrology...
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  • with a "viddui". Moses' son was Judah ha-Darshan ben Moses. Probably the Joseph he-Ḥasid mentioned in Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jama's additions to the Arukh...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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  • could expound upon every letter in 49 facets." He was a grandson of Rav Joseph ben Simeon the Elder of Le Mans. Rabbi Abin the Great was the head of the...
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  • Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon Elsewhere Isaac Abarbanel...
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  • of Isaac ben Judah & Yechiel of Paris Moses ben Yechiel Joseph ben Moses Matityahu ben Joseph Abraham ben Matityahu Lurie family and Treves family Rachel...
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  • Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan ha-Levi (Also known as Moses Halavi or ha-Lawi or simply, Allawi) flourished about the mid-12th century and was a prominent...
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  • whose guidance he acquired most of his Talmudic learning were R' Moses ben Joseph and R' Meshullam ben Jacob of Lunel. RABaD remained in Lunel after completing...
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