Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (or Barfat) (1326–1408) (Hebrew: יצחק בן ששת) was a Spanish Talmudic authority, also known by his acronym, Rivash (ריב"ש). He was born at Valencia and settled early in life at Barcelona, where he studied at the school of Nissim of Gerona.
IsaacbenSheshet Perfet (or Barfat) (1326–1408) (Hebrew: יצחק בן ששת) was a Spanish Talmudic authority, also known by his acronym, Rivash (ריב"ש). He...
Isaacben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל; 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel...
Valencia Algiers IsaacbenSheshet Perfet, of Barcelona, studied under Hasdai Crescas and Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi was...
Isaacben Jacob Alfasi (1013–1103) (Arabic: إسحاق الفاسي, Hebrew: ר' יצחק אלפסי) - also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym, the Rif (Rabbi Isaac...
Mosheh ben Nahman Gerondi, or "Moses son of Nahman the Gironan"), and died in the Land of Israel about 1270. He was a descendant of Isaacben Reuben of...
from a publication now in the public domain: Joseph Jacobs, Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Moses Ben Maimon". In Singer I, et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia...
Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע; Arabic: إبراهيم...
fulfilling the traditional messianic role, namely ben Yosef and ben David. Messiah unqualified refers to ben David. Belief in the future advent of the Messiah...
des Levi ben Gerschom aus dem Jahre 1321 (Frankfurt am Main: Buchdruckerei Louis Golde, 1909) online link. Seligsohn, M.; Kaufmann Kohler; Isaac Broydé...
Responsa of BenSheshet, Vilnius 1879, pages 13, 15 and 16 in PDF (Hebrew); On Rabbi IsaacbenSheshet's own forced conversion, see: IsaacbenSheshet Perfet...
Zaragoza, the aged poet Judah ben Abun, Judah ibn Ghayyat of Granada, Moses ibn Ezra and his brothers Judah, Joseph, and Isaac, the vizier Abu al-Hasan, Meïr...
an "erroneous and totally unfounded hypothesis". Isaac was the son of the famous talmudist, Abraham ben David of Posquières (Raavad). The Bahir first appeared...
Worms under German rabbi Yaakov ben Yakar and French rabbi Isaacben Eliezer Halevi, both of whom were pupils of Gershom ben Judah. After returning to Troyes...
pupils from different countries, like Eleazar benIsaac, Jacob ben Yakar, Elijah ben Menahem, and Isaacben Eliezer Halevi. The fame of his learning eclipsed...
Saʿadia ben Yosef Gaon (882/892 – 942) was a prominent rabbi, gaon, Jewish philosopher, and exegete who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate. Saadia is...
Isaacben Samuel of Acre (fl. 13th–14th century) (Hebrew: יצחק בן שמואל דמן עכו, Yitzhak ben Shmuel d'min Akko) was a Jewish kabbalist who fled to Spain...
by Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyim, who treated most important religious questions with the utmost freedom, and who was joined by the Spaniard Isaac Albalag...
Wilna, p. 10); the work of his son Jacob ben Asher, Tur Orach Chayim (chapter 59); the Responsa of IsaacbenSheshet (numbers 193, 268, 270). In the Midrash...
Isaacben Moses of Vienna, also called Isaac Or Zarua or the Riaz, is considered to be one of the prominent rabbis of the Middle Ages. He was probably...
Jewish scholar, physician, diplomat, and patron of science. His father, Isaacben Ezra, was a wealthy and learned Jew of Jaén. Hasdai acquired in his youth...
Judah benIsaac Messer Leon (1166–1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. Born in 1166 in Paris, France, his father Rabbi Isaac Treves was a rabbi in...
Abraham benIsaac of Narbonne (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן יִצְחָק מִנַרְבּוֹנָה)(c. 1080-85 – 1158) was a Provençal rabbi, also known as Raavad II, and...
complete English translation Bahya Ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, jewishencyclopedia.com article written by Kaufmann Kohler & Isaac Broydé. Rabbi Bachaya Ibn Pakuda...
including the artist Rembrandt. Miriam was their first child, followed by Isaac who was expected to take over as head of the family and the commercial enterprise...
Isaacben Dorbolo was a rabbi, about 1150. He traveled much, and knew Poland, Russia, Bohemia, France, and Germany from his own observations. Some time...
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