Renowned 12th C. Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi, leading French Tosafist, leading halakhic authority
"R. Tam" redirects here. For the character in Firefly, see River Tam.
Rabbeinu
Jacob ben Meir Tam
Title
Rabbeinu Tam
Personal
Born
1100
Ramerupt
Died
June 9, 1171
Troyes
Religion
Judaism
Spouse
Miriam bat Yosef
Parent(s)
Meir ben Shmuel and Yocheved bat Shlomo
Buried
Ramerupt
Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)),[1] best known as Rabbeinu Tam (Hebrew: רבינו תם), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and leading French Tosafists, a leading halakhic authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi. Known as "Rabbeinu" (our teacher), he acquired the Hebrew suffix "Tam" meaning straightforward; it was originally used in the Book of Genesis to describe his biblical namesake, Jacob.
^Solomon Schechter; Max Schloessinger. "Jacob Ben Meïr Tam (known also as Rabbenu Tam)". The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as RabbeinuTam (Hebrew: רבינו תם), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and...
his piety" should put on RabbeinuTam tefillin, while the Mishnah Brurah explains that if any other person puts on RabbeinuTam tefillin, it is a sign of...
qualifications. Another famous contemporary of Kimhi was Jacob ibn Meïr, called RabbeinuTam, of Ramerupt, who was the greatest Talmudic authority of the day. This...
father-in-law of Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon, and therefore a contemporary of RabbeinuTam of Rameru, the head of the tosafistic school in the middle of the twelfth...
France. He lived in Paris and taught Torah there during the times of RabbeinuTam and Rashbam. Rabbi Eliyahu's father was Rabbi Yehuda, and his son was...
(1040–1105) and of his grandson, RabbeinuTam, as to whether it should be placed vertically (Rashi) or horizontally (RabbeinuTam), and also to imply that God...
was one of the Tosafot. His brother-in-law was RabbeinuTam (his sister Miriam was married to RabbeinuTam), who held him in high esteem. He is mentioned...
were Shmuel (Rashbam; born 1080), Yitzchak (Rivam; born 1090), Jacob (RabbeinuTam; born 1100), and Shlomo the Grammarian, all of whom were among the most...
Shabbat. According to Ephraim Urbach, Rabbi Yom Tov moved to Paris. RabbeinuTam described him as, "My teacher and my dear friend, my teacher, Rabbi Yom...
Rabbi Meir ben Samuel and Jochebed. He was brother to Jacob (known as RabbeinuTam), Samuel (known as Rashbam) and Isaac (known as Rivam). His year of birth...
diminish the weight such unkept vows imposed on him at his death. It was RabbeinuTam, however, who accounted for the alteration which was made by his father...
today of Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Another version, suggested by RabbeinuTam, is to blow one TaShRaT after each blessing, for a total of 12 blasts...
beytza, making this the maximum size for a kezayit, which is smaller. RabbeinuTam made the argument explicitly, though, using a slightly different calculation...
according to RabbeinuTam, sometimes ascribed to their teacher opinions which were not his. Zedekiah ben Abraham, however, refutes RabbeinuTam's assertion...
known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom") and also commonly known to scholars of Rabbinic Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom...
as of the Tosafists Isaac ben Meir (the "Rivam") and Jacob ben Meir ("RabbeinuTam"), and a colleague of Rabbi Joseph Kara. Like his maternal grandfather...
widow of Isaac ben Meir (known as (Rivam), the brother of Rashbam and RabbeinuTam, who was a cousin of his father, Rabbi Yom Tov. His sons were Rabbi Yitzchak...
stars are visible (an occasion which has little halakhic significance). RabbeinuTam (and many other Rishonim) say that there are two times called "sundown":...
haYashar, by the Kabbalist and philosopher Abraham Abulafia Sefer haYashar (RabbeinuTam), 12th-century treatise on Jewish ritual and ethics Sefer haYashar of...
demanded of gentiles who wished to become Christians. The Tosaphist RabbeinuTam wrote that Peter was "a devout and learned Jew who dedicated his life...
Machir ben Judah, Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils (Tob 'Elem) of Limoges, RabbeinuTam (Jacob ben Meïr), Menahem ben Perez of Joigny, Perez ben Elijah of Corbeil...
origin of the surname as being linked to Rashi by way of his grandson RabbeinuTam, but the connection, although anchored in the Ketubot traditions has...
Twentieth of Sivan is a historic Jewish fast day, first instituted by RabbeinuTam in 1171. It originally commemorated that year's massacre at Blois in...
geese also came up as a matter of Jewish dietary law in the Halakha, and RabbeinuTam (1100–71) determined that they were kosher (even if born of trees) and...
liturgical poet. As an early Rishon, he was a contemporary of the Rashbam and RabbeinuTam, and one of the earliest of the Tosafists. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi...
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