Tosafists were rabbis of France, Germany, Bohemia and Austria, who lived from the 12th to the mid-15th centuries, in the period of Rishonim. The Tosafists...

notes. The authors of the Tosafot are known as Tosafists (בעלי התוספות); for a listing see List of Tosafists.[citation needed] The word tosafot literally...

explained and illustrated with examples. At the end of each chapter, the author carefully draws up the list of words studied. Until very recently, it was accepted...

Tibbon, 12th-13th century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator Tosafists, (Tosafot), 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars in France and...

(Rabbeinu Tam; born 1100), and Shlomo the Grammarian, all of whom were among the most prolific Tosafists. Yocheved's daughter, Channah, is reputed to have instructed...

Abin (or Abun) ha-Gadol (the Great) (d. circa 970) was one of the most important French rabbis of the 10th century, flourishing at the same time as Rav Sherira...

composed a commentary on Song of Songs. His commentaries are divided into chapters, each of which is preceded by a list of questions or difficulties that...

others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solomon Catalan. As in the case of the other medieval Jewish philosophers little is known of his life. His family had...

Avraham ibn Aderet (Hebrew: שלמה בן אברהם אבן אדרת or Solomon son of Abraham son of Aderet) (1235 – 1310) was a medieval rabbi, halakhist, and Talmudist...

and were among the early sages of German Jewry. There are also disagreements about the year of his birth and year of death. Leopold Zunz dates his death...