Simeon ben Helbo Kara was a French rabbi who lived in Mans in the 11th century; brother of Menahem ben Helbo and father of Joseph Ḳara. Isaac de Lattes, in his Ḳiryat Sefer, counts Ḳara among the prominent French rabbis, although no work of his has survived. J.L. Rapoport identified him with the compiler of the Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni, on account of the similarity of some Midrashic quotations in this work with citations in Rashi's Bible commentary. Abraham Epstein has, however, shown that in the manuscripts the name "Ḳara" does not occur, and in place of "Simeon" the reading "Simson" at times is found.[1]
The surname Ḳara is usually taken to be a professional name, meaning 'reader' or 'interpreter of the Bible'. Adolf Jellinek the Austrian rabbi and historian points out, however, that Ḳara, as contrasted with Derash, means the 'representative of the Peshaṭ'.[2]
Simeon ben Helbo Kara was a French rabbi who lived in Mans in the 11th century; brother of Menahem ben Helbo and father of Joseph Ḳara. Isaac de Lattes...
Joseph ben SimeonKara (c. 1065 – c. 1135) (Hebrew: יוסף בן שמעון קרא), also known as Mahari Kara, was a French Bible exegete who was born and lived in...
century Talmudist and philosopher Joseph Kara, 12th century Biblical exegete. (c. 1065 – c. 1135) SimeonKara, Joseph's father. Isaiah di Trani, 12th century...
Jacob ha-Kohen later wrote that he had traced Maimonides' descent back to Simeon ben Judah ha-Nasi from the Davidic line. His ancestry, going back four generations...
Jacob quotes many other commentators, among them Saadia Gaon, Rashi, Joseph Kara and Abraham ibn Ezra. Works of Jacob ben Ascher in the Gesamtkatalog der...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
1519, and frequently reprinted). Nachmanides' writings in the defense of Simeon Kayyara and Alfasi also belong in the category of his Talmudic and halachic...
born at Troyes, Champagne, in northern France. His mother's brother was Simeon bar Isaac, rabbi of Mainz. Simon was a disciple of Gershom ben Judah, who...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
confused with Simeon bar Isaac, uncle of Rashi. Rabbi Simeon bar Isaac bar Avon of Mainz (also known as Rabbi Shimon ben Yitzchak, Rabbi Simeon the Great...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Ashkenazi of Frankfort. J.L. Rapoport maintained that R. Simeon (11th century, the father of R. Joseph Ḳara) was its author, but this assertion is untenable since...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
"Order of Tradition"), in which he fiercely attacked the contentions of Karaism and justified Rabbinic Judaism by the establishment of a chain of traditions...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo SimeonKara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson Germany...
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