Jacob ben Nathanael

male
maimonides, Petah Tikvah, Sefer ha-Galui, Solomon ha-Kohen, Studien und Mittheil, IggeretTeman
Jacob ben Nathanael ibn al-Fayyumi was a "rosh yeshiva" of the Yemenite Jews in the second half of the twelfth century CE. All that is known of him...
Jacob Saphir

Jacob Saphir

male, deceased (1886)
Oshmyany, false messiah, yemen, British India, Safed, Wilna…IggeretTeman
Jacob Saphir (Hebrew: יעקב הלוי ספיר) was a rabbi and traveler of Rumanian descent, born in Oshmyany, government of Wilna. While still a boy he wen...