Moses ben Hanoch or Moses ben Enoch (in Hebrew: משה בן חנוך, Moshe ben Hanoch) was a medieval rabbi who inadvertently became the preeminent Talmudic scholar of Spain. He died about 965.
Moses was one of the four scholars who went from Sura, the seat of a once flourishing but then declining Talmudic academy, in order to collect contributions for that school. During a voyage from Bari, on the coast of Italy, they were captured by the Moorish-Spanish admiral Ibn Rumahis, who, according to the legend, became enamored of the beautiful young wife of Moses. In distress she asked her husband in Hebrew whether those who were drowned in the sea could look forward to resurrection, and when he answered, in the words of the psalm, "The Lord saith, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea," she cast herself into the waters and was drowned.
Moses was taken to Cordova with his young son Hanoch, where he was redeemed by the Jewish community, in the year 945 or 948. While there, he went to the schoolhouse where he acted as a server, and sat in the corner listening quietly to the Talmudic discourse of the judge and rabbi, Nathan. At the time, the Jews of Cordoba were not well versed in the methodology of study of Talmud due to the centralization of Torah study in Babylon. Some of Rav Nathan's remarks attracted attention, and Moses' detailed explanation of the passage quoted by Nathan, his use of Rabbinic Aramaic and his ready answers to all questions addressed to him astonished the whole assembly. Nathan, therefore, on that very day voluntarily resigned his office and confessed himself Moses' pupil. The wealthy community of Cordova showed Moses much honor and immediately elected him rabbi. Hasdai ibn Shaprut, rejoicing at this event, induced the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Rahman III to order Ibn Rumahis to forgo the higher ransom which he, in consequence, was demanding for Moses. Moses organized an important school at Cordova, which was independent of the gaonate and was attended by many pupils; and through him Cordova became the seat of Jewish scholarship.
MosesbenHanoch or Mosesben Enoch (in Hebrew: משה בן חנוך, Moshe benHanoch) was a medieval rabbi who inadvertently became the preeminent Talmudic scholar...
parents, MosesbenHanoch and his wife (name unknown), Hanoch was captured by the Moorish pirate ibn Rumahis and brought to Cordova. R. Hanoch eventually...
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was a Spanish rabbi of around the 10th century. He was a student of MosesbenHanoch. Abitur was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of...
Jewish theological studies from Babylonia to Spain, by appointing MosesbenHanoch, who had been captured by pirates and sold to Spanish Jewry and was...
Later Shu (Ten Kingdoms) Li Hao, Chinese chancellor (approximate date) MosesbenHanoch, Jewish rabbi (approximate date) Joseph Bringas, Byzantine eunuch and...
Samuel Ha-Nagid, Moses ibn Ezra, Solomon ibn Gabirol and Judah Halevi. During 'Abd al-Rahman's term of power, the scholar MosesbenHanoch was appointed...
author of the halachic work Ha-Eshkol (The Cluster). His teacher was Mosesben Joseph ben Merwan ha-Levi, during whose lifetime Abraham was appointed president...
was a child prodigy and student of Hanochben Moshe. Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, and Moshe benHanoch founded the Lucena Yeshiva that produced...
Rumahis captured a boat containing Shemariah ben Elhanan, Chushiel, father of Chananel ben Chushiel; MosesbenHanoch; and one other anonymous rabbi while the...
Later Shu (Ten Kingdoms) Li Hao, Chinese chancellor (approximate date) MosesbenHanoch, Jewish rabbi (approximate date) Joseph Bringas, Byzantine eunuch and...
influenced Hanoch Albeck, whose project was considered a continuation and expansion of Bialik's. Hanoch Albeck's edition (1952–59) (vocalized by Hanoch Yelon)...
Aaron HaLevi benMoses (Hurwitz) of Staroselye was a Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist of note who lived in Poland during the latter part of the eighteenth...
Jewish communities bought their freedom. One of the slaves was Rabbi Hanochben Moshe who was freed in the Spanish city of Córdoba. When he began attending...
analysis". Harefuah (in Hebrew). 144 (2): 126–32, 149, 148. PMID 16128020. Ben-Yami, Hanoch (2013). "Circumcision: What should be done?". J Med Ethics. 39 (7):...
Hassidic wedding of the year". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2011-02-04. Teller, Hanoch (1995). And From Jerusalem, His Word: Stories and insights of Rabbi Shlomo...
song by Arik Einstein, with lyrics by Yoram Taharlev and music by Shalom Hanoch. In whimsical fashion, the lyrics tell of a trip by the founders of the...
from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011. Teller, Hanoch (1995). And From Jerusalem, His Word. Feldheim Publishers. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-881939-05-4...
emphases of existentialist themes.[citation needed] Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin (1943–1999) wrote his own version of the play, The Lost Women of Troy...
Patinkin from 1983 to 1986, Amnon Pazy from 1986 to 1990, Yoram Ben-Porat from 1990 to 1992, Hanoch Gutfreund from 1992 to 1997, and Menachem Magidor from 1997...
Paquda, Abraham bar Hiyya, Joseph ibn Tzaddik, Hasdai Crescas and Isaac benMoses Arama. The most notable is Maimonides who is considered in the Jewish...
and many were accepted, even against previous practice. Around 1550, Mosesben Jacob Cordovero founded a Kabbalah academy in Safed. Among his disciples...
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