BASSAN, ABRAHAM HEZEKIAH BEN JACOB — (18th century), proofreader and poet. Abraham s father, JACOB, was the rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese community of Hamburg. From 1735 to 1756 Jacob lived in Amsterdam and in 1755 published an order of service for the fast day proclaimed on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEZEKIAH BEN DAVID — (d. c. 1058), exilarch and gaon. His grandfather Hezekiah b. Judah, a grandson of david b. zakkai , is also referred to as exilarch, although there is some doubt whether he actually held the position. Hezekiah b. David became exilarch after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nissim ben Jacob — (Hebrew: ניסים בן יעקב, also known as Rav Nissim Gaon or in Hebrew: רבנו נסים, lit. Nissim our teacher; 990–1062), was a rabbi best known today for his Talmudic commentary ha Mafteach, by which title he is also known. Contents 1 Biography 2 Works … Wikipedia
FORTI, JACOB RAPHAEL HEZEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM ISRAEL — FORTI (Heb. Hazak), JACOB RAPHAEL HEZEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM ISRAEL (1689–1782), Italian kabbalist. Forti studied under mordecai bassani in Verona and later under in Padua. He became chief rabbi of Padua, and Shabbetai Medini and Ariel Alatino were… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEDINI, ḤAYYIM HEZEKIAH BEN RAPHAEL ELIJAH — (1832–1904), rabbi. Medini was born in Jerusalem. He studied under Isaac covo and Joseph Nissim burla . His father died in 1853, and in that same year he traveled to Constantinople where he stayed for 14 years. For a while he earned his living as … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PARDO, DAVID SAMUEL BEN JACOB — (1718–1790), rabbinical author and poet. Born in Venice, he went to Sarajevo for a time as a result of a dispute over an inheritance, and from there to Spalato, in Dalmatia. From approximately 1738 he was a teacher of children, at the same time… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JACOB BEN AḤA — (end of the third and beginning of the fourth century C.E.), Palestinian amora. Jacob was mainly a halakhist, and his halakhic dicta are frequently mentioned in both Talmuds, but he is also known as an aggadist (Tanḥ. B., Ex. 51; PR, supplement,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Mar ben Huna — Mar ben R. Huna (Hebrew: מר בר רב הונא or Mar b. Huna or Mar bar Huna; died 614 [ד שע ד, Hebrew calender] or 620 [ד ש פ, Hebrew calender][1]) was one of the first Gaons, and head of the Sura Academy in Babylon at the end of the rule of the… … Wikipedia
Chananel ben Chushiel — or Ḥananel ben Ḥushiel (Hebrew: חננאל בן חושיאל), an eleventh century Tunisian Rabbi and Talmudist, was a student of one of the last Geonim. He is best known for his commentary on the Talmud. Chananel is often referred to as Rabbeinu Chananel… … Wikipedia
Dodai ben Nahman — (Hebrew : דודאי בן נחמן or Rav Dorai, Hebrew: רב דוראי) was a Babylonian Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761 764). Little is known of his life. He was a brother of the famous Judah ben… … Wikipedia
