JACOB BEN SOSAS — JACOB BEN SOSAS, one of the four commanders of the Idumean forces during the Jewish War (66–70/73 C.E.) who played a prominent role in the internecine struggle in Jerusalem. The other Idumean commanders were Jacob s brother John, Simeon b.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JACOB BEN KORSHAI — (second century), tanna. References in the Mishnah to Jacob, without a patronymic, are to be identified with Jacob b. Korshai (or Kodshai) as is shown by the same Mishnah being attributed to Jacob in Avot 4:16 and to Jacob b. Korshai in Leviticus … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN-NAPHTALI, MOSES (Or Jacob) BEN DAVID — BEN NAPHTALI, MOSES (Or Jacob) BEN DAVID, masorete. He is assumed to have been a contemporary of aaron b. moses ben asher , who dates from the ninth or tenth century C.E., and an inhabitant of Tiberias. Although nothing about him is known, except … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JACOB BEN JACOB HA-KOHEN — (mid 13th century), Spanish kabbalist. Jacob was born in Soria and lived for some time in Segovia. He wandered among the Jewish communities in Spain and Provence, looking for remnants of earlier kabbalistic writings and traditions preserved by… … 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
REISCHER, JACOB BEN JOSEPH — (also known as Jacob Backofen; c. 1670–1733), rabbi, halakhic authority, and author. Born in Prague, Reischer studied under Aaron Simeon Spira, rabbi of Prague, and was known as a prodigy in his early youth. Afterward he studied under Spira s son … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, SOLOMON BEN SIMEON — (known as RaShBaSh, Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Shelomo ben Shimon; c. 1400–1467), North African rabbinical authority; son of . He was born in algiers , but no details are known of his youth. His education embraced not only rabbinical knowledge but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MOSES BEN SOLOMON BEN SIMEON OF BURGOS — (1230/1235–c. 1300), kabbalist in Spain; he was rabbi in Burgos from about 1260. Moses – also known as Moses Cinfa, evidently after his mother – came from a distinguished family. The pupil and spiritual heir of the kabbalists isaac and jacob b.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
URI BEN SIMEON OF BIALA — (second half of the 16th century), emissary of Safed to Europe. Uri was born in Biala, Poland, and immigrated to Ereẓ Israel, settling in Safed. From there he was sent as an emissary of the Ashkenazi congregation of the city to Italy, Germany,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob — /jay keuhb/ for 1, 3; Fr. /zhann kawb / for 2, n. 1. the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 25:24 34. 2. François /frddahonn swann /, born 1920, French geneticist: Nobel prize for medicine 1965. 3 … Universalium
