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...
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Isaac Alfasi (redirect from Isaac ben Jacob Ha-Kohen)
Kairouan, Tunisia under Nissim ben Jacob, and Chananel ben Chushiel the recognized rabbinical authorities of the age. Chananel trained Alfasi to deduce and...
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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...
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associated with Chananel ben Chushiel. His most famous student is probably Isaac Alfasi. Nissim maintained an active correspondence with Hai ben Sharira and...
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Ben-Zvi Institute: Jerusalem 1982, p. 186. Hebrew: חלוק= ḥalūq; Chananel ben Chushiel (1995). Metzger, David (ed.). Commentary of Rabbeinu Chananel on...
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Isaac Abarbanel (redirect from Isaac ben Judah Abrabanel)
Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל; 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Maimonides (redirect from Moussa Ben Maimon)
Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-MON-ih-deez) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew:...
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