Jonah Ibn Genach

Jonah Ibn Genach

male
Rabbi Jonah ibn Genach, was the most important Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba, and studied in L...
Judah Messer Leon

Judah Messer Leon

male, deceased (1224)
Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166-1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. According to Gross he was probably a descendant of Rashi, and a pupil...
Dunash ben ben Labrat

Dunash ben ben Labrat

male, deceased (990)
Dunash ben Labrat was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain and a student of Rabbi...
Moses Ventura

Moses Ventura

male
Moses ben Joseph Ventura was rabbi of Silistria, Bulgaria, in the latter half of the 16th century. He was educated at Jerusalem, but later settled...
David Ben Solomon Ibn Abi Zimra

David Ben Solomon Ibn Abi Zimra

male, deceased (1573)
Rabbi David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra also called the Radbaz (רדב"ז), was a Jewish Spanish scholar. He was born in Spain about 1479; died in Safe...
Elias Of London

Elias Of London

male
Elias of London or Elijah ben Moses was Presbyter Judaeorum in thirteenth-century England. He succeeded Aaron of York, represented London at the...
Moses Ben Isaac Ha-Levi Minz

Moses Ben Isaac Ha-Levi Minz

male
Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Minz was a German rabbi and contemporary of Israel Isserlein, whom he frequently consulted. He was successively rabbi at...
Shem Tov Ibn Shem Tov

Shem Tov Ibn Shem Tov

male, deceased (1440)
Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov (Hebrew: שם טוב אבן שם טוב) was a Spanish kabbalist and fanatical opponent of rationalistic philosophy.
Todros ben Joseph Abulafia

Todros ben Joseph Abulafia

male, deceased (1285)
Todros ben Joseph Abulafia (Hebrew: טודרוס בן יוסף אבולעפא) was a nephew of Meir Abulafia and Chief Rabbi of Castile. He is the author of "Otzar Ha...

Isaac Tyrnau

male
Rabbi Isaac Tyrnau is best known as author of "Sefer Minhagim" (Hebrew: "Book of Customs"). He was active in Hungary in the late 1400s and early...