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David was Rabbi of Prague. His famous collection of books was acquired by the University of Oxford in 1830. David Oppenheim (1664–1736), chief rabbi of Prague; bibliophile. Oppenheim was born in Worms,...
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9/3/2015
David was Rabbi of Prague. His famous collection of books was acquired by the University of Oxford in 1830. David Oppenheim (1664–1736), chief rabbi of Prague; bibliophile. Oppenheim was born in Worms,...
9/3/2015
Meir ben Baruch "of Rothenberg" was born in Worms, Germany in 1215. There were numerous scholars in his family, but Meir became, by far, the most famous. He was acknowledged as the authoritative Jewish...
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2/26/2007
1/14/2014
Meir ben Baruch "of Rothenberg" was born in Worms, Germany in 1215. There were numerous scholars in his family, but Meir became, by far, the most famous. He was acknowledged as the authoritative Jewish...
1/14/2014
RASHI - רש״י MP (1040 - 1105)
"Rashi", "רש"י", "Rashi of Troyes", "Rachi", "רבי שלמה יצחקי"
Rashi was the outstanding Biblical commentator of the Middle Ages. He was born in Troyes, France, and lived from 1040 to 1105. He is considered the "father" of all commentaries that followed on the Tal...
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6/27/2007
1/14/2014
RASHI - רש״י MP (1040 - 1105)
"Rashi", "רש"י", "Rashi of Troyes", "Rachi", "רבי שלמה יצחקי"
Rashi was the outstanding Biblical commentator of the Middle Ages. He was born in Troyes, France, and lived from 1040 to 1105. He is considered the "father" of all commentaries that followed on the Tal...
1/14/2014
Meshulam Kalonymos Hagadol MP (900 - c.1020)
"Meshullam ben Kalonymus", "Meshullam the Great", "Meshullam ben קלונימוס", ""The Great" - Hagadol"
Kalonymus Family Jewish Encyclopedia* Meshullam HaGadol / Meshullam the Great WikipediaKalonymos or Kalonymus (Hebrew: קלונימוס) is a prominent Jewish family originally from Lucca, Italy, which, after...
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11/19/2007
1/14/2014
Meshulam Kalonymos Hagadol MP (900 - c.1020)
"Meshullam ben Kalonymus", "Meshullam the Great", "Meshullam ben קלונימוס", ""The Great" - Hagadol"
Kalonymus Family Jewish Encyclopedia* Meshullam HaGadol / Meshullam the Great WikipediaKalonymos or Kalonymus (Hebrew: קלונימוס) is a prominent Jewish family originally from Lucca, Italy, which, after...
1/14/2014
Shimon HaGadol of Mainz MP (aft.970 - 1020)
"שמעון הגדול הראשון ממגנצא", "Shimon HaGadol of Mainz", "Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun of Mainz", "The Elder", "Shimon HaZaken", "Rabbi Simeon The Great", "אבון קלונימוס"
R' Shimon authored many liturgical compositions that have become part of our Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and yom tov prayers. He also wrote the poem Baruch Hashem Yom Yom which is part of the Shabbat mor...
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8/25/2007
1/14/2014
Shimon HaGadol of Mainz MP (aft.970 - 1020)
"שמעון הגדול הראשון ממגנצא", "Shimon HaGadol of Mainz", "Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun of Mainz", "The Elder", "Shimon HaZaken", "Rabbi Simeon The Great", "אבון קלונימוס"
R' Shimon authored many liturgical compositions that have become part of our Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and yom tov prayers. He also wrote the poem Baruch Hashem Yom Yom which is part of the Shabbat mor...
1/14/2014
R. Gershom ben Yehuda was born in Narbonne moved to, and studied/taught, in Metz, then later moved to Mainz at the request of Kalonymos. Gershom ben Judah , (c. 960 -1040? -1028?) best known as Rabbein...
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3/8/2012
1/14/2014
R. Gershom ben Yehuda was born in Narbonne moved to, and studied/taught, in Metz, then later moved to Mainz at the request of Kalonymos. Gershom ben Judah , (c. 960 -1040? -1028?) best known as Rabbein...
1/14/2014
Not the paternal grandfather of the Maharal, but possibly the maternal grandfather. Modern scholarship has refuted the idea that this Chaim is the paternal grandfather. See A. Putik and D. Polakovic (2...
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2/20/2007
1/13/2014
Not the paternal grandfather of the Maharal, but possibly the maternal grandfather. Modern scholarship has refuted the idea that this Chaim is the paternal grandfather. See A. Putik and D. Polakovic (2...
1/13/2014
RadhanitesThe Radhanites (al-Rādhāniyya) were Jewish [Qaraite and Rabbinic] merchants believed to have originated in the ninth century in the region of Rādhān, a district in southern Iraq. Their trade ...
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12/29/2011
1/13/2014
RadhanitesThe Radhanites (al-Rādhāniyya) were Jewish [Qaraite and Rabbinic] merchants believed to have originated in the ninth century in the region of Rādhān, a district in southern Iraq. Their trade ...
1/13/2014
Meïr ben Samuel , also known by the Hebrew acronym RaM for Rabbi Meir, was a French rabbi and tosafist, who was born in about 1060 in Ramerupt, and died after 1135. His father was an eminent scholar. M...
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6/27/2007
1/13/2014
Meïr ben Samuel , also known by the Hebrew acronym RaM for Rabbi Meir, was a French rabbi and tosafist, who was born in about 1060 in Ramerupt, and died after 1135. His father was an eminent scholar. M...
1/13/2014
MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES (c1360 – 1427), usually referred to as Maharil (Morenu ha-Rav Jacob ha-Levi) and also as Mahari Segal and Mahari Molin ), the foremost talmudist of his generation and head of t...
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3/19/2013
1/13/2014
MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES (c1360 – 1427), usually referred to as Maharil (Morenu ha-Rav Jacob ha-Levi) and also as Mahari Segal and Mahari Molin ), the foremost talmudist of his generation and head of t...
1/13/2014
