Nissim ben Jacob (Hebrew: ניסים בן יעקב), also known as Nissim Gaon (Hebrew: רבנו נסים גאון, lit. 'Our teacher Nissim the Gaon'; 990–1062), was a rabbi...
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Isaac Alfasi (redirect from Isaac ben Jacob Ha-Kohen)
him as "ben Alfasi" or "ibn Alfasi" by the authorities closest to him in time and place. He studied in Kairouan, Tunisia under Nissim ben Jacob, and Chananel...
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Mattathiah Nissim ben Jacob Israel Terni (Hebrew: מתתיה נסים בן יעקב ישראל טירני; fl. 18th–19th centuries) was an Italian rabbi and poet. He served as...
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Jacob ben Asher (c. 1270 - 1340), also known as Ba'al ha-Turim as well as Rabbi Yaakov ben Raash (Rabbeinu Asher), was an influential Medieval rabbinic...
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and translator Nissim Behar (1848–1931), Jewish Palestinian educator Nissim Benvenisty, Israeli professor of Genetics Nissim ben Jacob (990–1062), also...
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Nissim ben Reuven (1290 – 9th of Shevat, 1376, Hebrew: נִסִּים בֶּן רְאוּבֵן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority on Jewish...
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Rabbeinu Tam (redirect from Jacob Ben Meir Tam)
Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (Hebrew: רבינו תם), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and...
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Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin was a Jewish philosopher and mathematician who lived in Kairouan, Tunisia, in the 10th century; he was a younger contemporary...
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through correspondence with Hai Gaon. He is closely associated with Nissim Ben Jacob in the capacity of rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of Kairouan. His most famous...
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Maimonides (redirect from Moussa Ben Maimon)
Maimon ben Joseph, was a dayyan or rabbinic judge. Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen later wrote that he had traced Maimonides' descent back to Simeon ben Judah...
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