Chananel ben Chushiel or Ḥananel ben Ḥushiel (Hebrew: חננאל בן חושיאל), an 11th-century Kairouanan rabbi and Talmudist, was in close contact with the last...

Kairouan, Tunisia under Nissim ben Jacob, and Chananel ben Chushiel the recognized rabbinical authorities of the age. Chananel trained Alfasi to deduce and...

but unreliable source, he came from Spain. Two of Chushiel's pupils were his son Hananeel and Nissim ben Jacob. According to the genizah letter, Ḥushiel...

associated with Chananel ben Chushiel. His most famous student is probably Isaac Alfasi. Nissim maintained an active correspondence with Hai ben Sharira and...

Ben-Zvi Institute: Jerusalem 1982, p. 186. Hebrew: חלוק= ḥalūq; Chananel ben Chushiel (1995). Metzger, David (ed.). Commentary of Rabbeinu Chananel on...

Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel...

used the writings of Chananel ben Chushiel and Nissim ben Jacob, both living at Kairouan. So frequent were the references to Chananel in the lexicon that...

Saadia Gaon (882 or 892 – 942) Sherira Gaon (906–1006) Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel) (990–1053) and Nissim Gaon (990–1062) of Kairouan, though...

Abraham ben David (c. 1125 – 27 November 1198), also known by the abbreviation RABaD (for Rabbeinu Abraham ben David) Ravad or RABaD III, was a Provençal...

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-MON-ih-deez) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew:...