Vidal of Tolosa information

Vidal of Tolosa, alternate spelling Vidal de Toulouse (Hebrew: וידאל די טולושא), was a Spanish rabbi and scholar of the late 14th century, and is often...

Vanessa Vidal (born 1974), French alpine skier Vincent Vidal (1811–1887), French painter Vidal of Tolosa, Spanish rabbi in 14th century Vidal Benveniste...

Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדֵי סְפָרַד‎, romanized: Yehudei Sfarad, transl. 'Jews of Spain'; Ladino: Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim...

Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise, Hebrew: יום טוב מפלייזא also called Rabbi Yom Tov ben Rabbi Yehuda, was one of the 11th-century Baalei Tosafot in France. His...

יום טוב) was one of the Baalei Tosafot in France, a member of Rashi's family. His father was Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise, who was the son of Judah ben Nathan...

and were among the early sages of German Jewry. There are also disagreements about the year of his birth and year of death. Leopold Zunz dates his death...

and in his Mishne Torah (Hil. Mekhirah 25:7) as pointed out by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa; and by Nathan ben Jehiel (1035–1106) in his Sefer ha-Arukh, s.v. ממל‎;...

Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent...

ben Samuel of Vitry, 11th century French Talmudist(?-1105) Shemaiah of Soissons, 12th century Talmudist and Biblical exegete Crescas Vidal, 14th century...

"father of the rabbis of God", which seems to favor the pronunciation "Abrabanel".[citation needed] Abarbanel was born in Lisbon, Portugal, into one of the...

Not to be 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...

Rabbi Elijah of Paris (12th century. Also called Rabbi Eliyahu HaTzarfati and Rabbeinu HaTishbi Hebrew: אליהו מפריז) was one of the early Ba'alei Tosafot...

Yaakov ben Yakar and French rabbi Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi, both of whom were pupils of Gershom ben Judah. After returning to Troyes, Rashi joined the beth...

Maghrebi Talmudist and posek (decider in matters of halakha - Jewish law). He is best known for his work of halakha, the legal code Sefer Ha-halachot, considered...

Occitania, then under the rule of Philip II of France. He was the youngest son of Rabbi Joseph Kimhi and the brother of Moses Kimhi, both also biblical...

and is therefore named for his grandfather. He was one of the Tosafot. Rabbi Solomon was the son of Rabbi Meir ben Samuel and Jochebed. He was brother to...

Menachem ben Solomon HaMeiri (Hebrew: מנחם בן שלמה המאירי; French: Don Vidal Solomon, 1249–1315), commonly referred to as HaMeiri, the Meiri, or just...

Avraham ibn Aderet (Hebrew: שלמה בן אברהם אבן אדרת or Solomon son of Abraham son of Aderet) (1235 – 1310) was a medieval rabbi, halakhist, and Talmudist...

and one of his ancestors was Rabbi Eliezer ben Nathan (the RaABaN). Asher had eight sons, the most prominent of whom were Jacob (author of the Arba'ah...

one of two people now known as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being Bible commentator Bahya ben Asher. He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics...

means "of Much Light" in the sense of having excellent eyesight, an ironic euphemism for being blind. Some historians suspect him to be the author of the...

Maimonides in his Mishne Torah (Hil. Mekhirah 25:7) as pointed out by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa; and by Nathan ben Jehiel (1035–1106) in his Sefer ha-Arukh, s.v. ממל‎;...

one of the oldest and most important Jewish communities in Navarre. At the time, the town was under the rule of the emirs of the Muslim Taifa of Zaragoza...

commonly known to scholars of Rabbinic Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah ("Our teacher Gershom the light of the exile"), was a famous...

Yosef the Elder of Falaise (Hebrew: רבי שמשון בן יוסף הזקן מפלייזא, romanized: Rabbi Shimshon ben Yosef Hazaken mi-Palaiza‎) was one of the Tosafot. His...

Halachot of Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi (known by the abbreviation RIF) and Mishne Torah of Maimonides, and is regarded as a father of Kabbalah and one of the key...

Isserlin (ישראל איסרלן; Israel Isserlein ben Petachia; 1390 in Maribor, Duchy of Styria – 1460 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria) was a Talmudist, and Halakhist...

vol. 1, 1959. In 1422, Provencal Jewish scholar Jacob ben Chayyim Comprat Vidal Farissol published a commentary on the Kuzari called the “Beit Ya’akob.”...