by hadassah | Jan 24, 2024 | Rabbinic Creativity
Illuminated Page from Thirteenth-Century German Mishneh Torah Manuscript Facsimile of a page with a decorated title-panel of Sefer ha-Mada (Book of Knowledge) from the first book of the Mishneh Torah, Germany, 1295-96. The illustrations are not related to the...
by hadassah | Sep 26, 2016 | Rabbinic Creativity
Cultural Stimulation The Jews moved into a society which was culturally backward compared to the Muslim world but it was also in the process of catching up very quickly. Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS. What do you want to...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Giant Figures
R. Isaac ben Judah Abrabanel, EJ 2:103-109. ABRABANEL, ISAAC BEN JUDAH (1437–1508), statesman, biblical exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish family, Abrabanel (the family namealso appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc.)...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Giant Figures
R. Moses ben Nahman (Nahmanides- Ramban), EJ 12:774-782. NAHMANIDES (Moses b. Nahman, also known as Nahamani and RaMBaN– an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Nahman; 1194–1270), Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Giant Figures
R. David Kimhi (Radak), EJ 10:1001-1004. KIMHI, DAVID (known as Radak from the acronym of Rabbi David Kimhi; Maistre Petit; 1160?–1235?), grammarian and exegete of Narbonne, Provence. The son of Joseph Kimhi and brother and pupil of Moses Kimhi, David was a...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Giant Figures
R. Jacob ben Meir (Rabbeinu Tam), EJ 15:779-781. TAM, JACOB BEN MEIR (Rabbenu; c. 1100–1171), tosafist and leading French scholar of the 12 th century. Rabbenu Tam was the grandson of Rashi and the son of Meir b. Samuel, Rashi’s son-in-law. His teachers...
