Yechiel Of Paris

male
immigrated, talmud, land of Israel, Louis IX, Acre, Israel, Nicholas Donin…Talmudicacademy
Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris (Jehiel of Paris) was a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France, father-in-law of Isaac ben Joseph of...

Elijah Spira

male, deceased (1712)
hebrew, talmud, yeshiva, manuscript, Early Acharonim, bible…Talmudicacademy
Elijah Spira (alternatively, "Shapira", Hebrew: אליהו שפירא) was son of Benjamin Wolf Spira. He was rabbi at Tiktin, and afterward preacher a...

Abraham de Boton

male
hebrew, Mordecai Kalai, Vidal de Tolosa, Leḥem Mishneh, Abraham Hiyya de Boton, Talmudicacademy
Abraham Hiyya de Boton (Hebrew: אברהם די בוטון) was a Talmudist and rabbi, a pupil of Samuel de Medina, who later dwelt for the most part at Salo...

Hezekiah Gaon

male
Geonim, Pumbedita, Talmudic academies in Babylonia, gaon, exilarch, Joseph ben Samuel…Talmudicacademy
Hezekiah Gaon was gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita from 1038-40. Hezekiah was a member of the exilarchal family. He was elected to the...

Moses ben Hanoch

male, deceased (965)
spanish, psalm, talmud, sura, Jewish person, Jewish Spanish history…Talmudic academies in Babylonia, Talmudicacademy
Moses ben Hanoch or Moses ben Enoch (in Hebrew language, "Moshe ben Hanoch") was a medieval rabbi who inadvertently became the preeminent Talmudic...

Dodai ben Nahman

male
iraqi, Jewish person, Babylonian-Jewish, Isaac Iskoy ben Solomon, Talmudicacademy, gaon…Talmudic academies in Babylonia
Dodai ben Nahman was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761-764). Little is known...