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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
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Jonathan Eybeschutz
(ca. 1694–1764), one of the foremost and certainly the most controversial rabbinical figure of his generation. Born in Kraków, Yonatan Eybeschütz moved about 1700 to the Moravian community of Eibenschütz, where his fathe…
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Abraham ben Saul Broda
(ca. 1650–1717), rabbi and Talmudist. Born in Prague, Avraham ben Sha’ul Broda studied in Poland with Yitsḥak ben Ze’ev Ḥarif, later chief rabbi of Kraków. Returning to Bohemia, Broda lived in Bunzlau (Mladá Boleslav). H…
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David Oppenheimer
(1664–1736), chief rabbi of Prague; bibliophile. Oppenheim was born in Worms, where his father, Abraham, was a communal leader. Samuel Oppenheim, financier and war contractor to Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, was his uncle.…
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Jacob Emden
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Benjamin Musaphia
Spanisch-jüdischer Philologe, Arzt u. Kabbalist; wahrscheinlich in Spanien geboren; lebte u.a. in Hamburg u. Glückstadt; Hausarzt d. dän. Königs Christian IV.; in Amsterdam gestorben.
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Elia ha-Kohen
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Gershon Ashkenazi
(1618–1693), rabbinical scholar and religious authority. Rabbi Gershon (Ulif) Ashkenazi was one of the greatest poskim (religious authorities or legal deciders) of his age. He was born in Ulf, Germany, studied under Rabb…
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Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas
Rabbiner, Kabbalist und vehementer Gegner der sabbatianischen Bewegung
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Jair Chajim Bacharach
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Jechiel Heilprin
Talmudgelehrter, Kabbalist, Historiker, Literaturhistoriker
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Abraham Gombiner
(1635–1682), author of commentaries on the Shulḥan ‘arukh (Oraḥ ḥayim) and Yalkut Shim‘oni. He was born in Gombin, Poland (hence his family name), where his father was martyred in 1655, in the aftermath of the Khmel’nyts…
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Aharon ben Shemuʾel
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Ascher Worms
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David ben Nathan Gruenhut
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David Scharf
Mitglied der Königlichen Deutsche Gesellschaft zu Göttingen
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Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
Rabbiner und Autor; ab 1714 Rabbiner der Dreigemeinde Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbek
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Isaac Lampronti
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Jakob Jehoschua Falk
Polnischstämmiger Rabbiner und Talmudgelehrter; wirkte u. a. seit 1712 als Oberrabbiner in Lemberg und wurde 1731 als Rabbiner nach Berlin berufen; seit 1741-1751 Oberrabbiner in Frankfurt am Main; Verfasser eines Pent…
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Joseph ben Benjamin Samegah
Italian rabbi and author; b. Salonika, d. 1629 at Venice, where he was head of the yeshivah
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