Family tree (in Hebrew): father, Yitzchak was a great scholar, but very poor. He made a meager living from the sale of wine.Legend has it that he once found a rare diamond and thought to sell it to the...
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Family tree (in Hebrew): father, Yitzchak was a great scholar, but very poor. He made a meager living from the sale of wine.Legend has it that he once found a rare diamond and thought to sell it to the...
5/28/2019
Yehuda Azriel ben Nathan, RIBAN MP (c.1065 - 1105)
"ריב"ן", "Rivan", "Ryban", "Riban", "R'Ban", "חתן רש"י", "Yehdah (Rivan) Ben Nosson", "R Yehuda mi bnei R'Noson?", "RINA"N rishon m'balei tosfos", "Yehuda Bar Natan", "RIBAN"
Judah ben Nathan (RIBaN)Son-in-law and pupil of Rashi, and to a great extent his continuator. It was Judah who completed Rashi's commentary on Makkot (from 19b to the end) and who wrote the commentary ...
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Yehuda Azriel ben Nathan, RIBAN MP (c.1065 - 1105)
"ריב"ן", "Rivan", "Ryban", "Riban", "R'Ban", "חתן רש"י", "Yehdah (Rivan) Ben Nosson", "R Yehuda mi bnei R'Noson?", "RINA"N rishon m'balei tosfos", "Yehuda Bar Natan", "RIBAN"
Judah ben Nathan (RIBaN)Son-in-law and pupil of Rashi, and to a great extent his continuator. It was Judah who completed Rashi's commentary on Makkot (from 19b to the end) and who wrote the commentary ...
5/28/2019
Sir-Leon?
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Manassier was a Jewish trader who negotiated the return of the Jews to France in 1360. He achieved exceptional terms of freedom and protection for the Jewish community.
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Manassier was a Jewish trader who negotiated the return of the Jews to France in 1360. He achieved exceptional terms of freedom and protection for the Jewish community.
3/31/2019
In 1315 Héliot is named "a banker from Vesoul" and is one of the Jewish syndics of the Langue d'Oïl who, together with Poncin de Bar, Joce de Pontoise, Cressent de Corbeil, and Morel d'Amboise, negotia...
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In 1315 Héliot is named "a banker from Vesoul" and is one of the Jewish syndics of the Langue d'Oïl who, together with Poncin de Bar, Joce de Pontoise, Cressent de Corbeil, and Morel d'Amboise, negotia...
2/20/2019
Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans Wikipedia Rabbi Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans (Hebrew: רבי אברהם בן יוסף; c. 1140) was an early 12th-century French Tosafist. Some have suggested that he is identical with...
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Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans Wikipedia Rabbi Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans (Hebrew: רבי אברהם בן יוסף; c. 1140) was an early 12th-century French Tosafist. Some have suggested that he is identical with...
2/20/2019
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Astruc of LunelJewish zealotoriginal name Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph, also called Don Astruc, or ha-Yareaḥ (“The Moon”)born 1250?, Lunel, near Montpellier, Fr.died after 1306Mainanti-rationalist Je...
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Astruc of LunelJewish zealotoriginal name Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph, also called Don Astruc, or ha-Yareaḥ (“The Moon”)born 1250?, Lunel, near Montpellier, Fr.died after 1306Mainanti-rationalist Je...
12/12/2018
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166–1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. According to Gross he was probably a descendant of Rashi, and a pupil of Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and his son Elhanan. ...
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Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166–1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. According to Gross he was probably a descendant of Rashi, and a pupil of Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and his son Elhanan. ...
12/12/2018
ר' שמואל טרייביטש, מגדולי רבני איטליה
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ר' שמואל טרייביטש, מגדולי רבני איטליה
12/12/2018
another possible death year is 1429The Treves family is known for its descent from Rashi, although the exact lineage, generation for generation, has not been preserved.The first to report this connecti...
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another possible death year is 1429The Treves family is known for its descent from Rashi, although the exact lineage, generation for generation, has not been preserved.The first to report this connecti...
12/12/2018
Reb Chonon Halevi Levin from Ukraine and France, stemming from generations of Chabad Chassidim, fought against the Nazis in Stalingrad and against the Finns in Finland. Chonon Levin braved not just the...
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Reb Chonon Halevi Levin from Ukraine and France, stemming from generations of Chabad Chassidim, fought against the Nazis in Stalingrad and against the Finns in Finland. Chonon Levin braved not just the...
1/14/2015
Wikipedia French* Wikipedia English* Cardinal Lustiger The Economist Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger (17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop ...
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Wikipedia French* Wikipedia English* Cardinal Lustiger The Economist Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger (17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop ...
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רלב"ג Levi ben Gershon , better known by his Latinised name as Gersonides or the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG (1288–1344), philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, astronomer/astrologer. He wa...
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רלב"ג Levi ben Gershon , better known by his Latinised name as Gersonides or the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG (1288–1344), philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, astronomer/astrologer. He wa...
11/27/2012
Yehudai left Pumbeditha during a contentious period and sought to enjoy his last days in the comforts of a burgeoning community in Southern France - Carcassonne.Yehudai was elected leader of the Jews o...
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Yehudai left Pumbeditha during a contentious period and sought to enjoy his last days in the comforts of a burgeoning community in Southern France - Carcassonne.Yehudai was elected leader of the Jews o...
11/27/2012
Naṭronay bar Ḥabibai , whose patronymic is also recorded as Zabinai/Zavinay in some texts of the Epistle (Heb. Iggeret) of Sherira Gaon, was Exilarch in Babylonia from 771 to 773. He was named to this ...
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Naṭronay bar Ḥabibai , whose patronymic is also recorded as Zabinai/Zavinay in some texts of the Epistle (Heb. Iggeret) of Sherira Gaon, was Exilarch in Babylonia from 771 to 773. He was named to this ...
11/27/2012
Seen as son of Natronai Ibn Habibai, Exilarch of Pumbeditha & Almeria & father of Yehudah Zakkai ben Yitzhak without supporting evidence.
In 797 AD, Charlemagne, the founder of the Carolingian empire...
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Seen as son of Natronai Ibn Habibai, Exilarch of Pumbeditha & Almeria & father of Yehudah Zakkai ben Yitzhak without supporting evidence.
In 797 AD, Charlemagne, the founder of the Carolingian empire...
11/27/2012
Duke of Narbonne and Count of Autun.
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Duke of Narbonne and Count of Autun.
11/27/2012
Rabbi Élie Munk , a truly great spiritual leaders of European Jewry, and a a towering figure of Jewish scholarship and faith was born in Paris on September 15, 1900 (21 Eloul 5660) to a family of rabbi...
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Rabbi Élie Munk , a truly great spiritual leaders of European Jewry, and a a towering figure of Jewish scholarship and faith was born in Paris on September 15, 1900 (21 Eloul 5660) to a family of rabbi...
11/10/2011
Marcel Proust MP (1871 - 1922)
"Marcel Proust", "Dit Marcel PROUST"
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust , known as Marcel Proust , was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu ( In Search of Lost Time ;...
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Marcel Proust MP (1871 - 1922)
"Marcel Proust", "Dit Marcel PROUST"
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust , known as Marcel Proust , was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu ( In Search of Lost Time ;...
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