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1. Loewe, Joel

   Person · 1760–1802 · Author · Berlin · 11 sources

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2. Hartwig Wessely

   Person · 1725–1804 · Author, Dichter, Kaufmann · Amsterdam · 10 sources

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3. Isaac Satanow

   Person · 1732–1804 · Author, Buchdrucker, Schriftsteller · Satanov · 10 sources

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4. Jonathan Eybeschutz

   Person · 1690–1764 · Author, Kabbalist, Rabbi · Krakau · 10 sources

   (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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5. Mendelssohn, Moses

   Person · 1729–1786 · Author, Dichter, Kaufmann · Dessau · 10 sources

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6. Mosheh ben Yaʿaḳov, ha-Goleh

   Person · 1448-11-12–1274 · Author, Rabbi · Coucy · 10 sources

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7. David Friedländer

   Person · 1750–1834 · Abgeordneter, Author, Kaufmann · Königsberg · 9 sources

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8. Emden, Yaʿaqov

   Person · 1697–1776 · Author, Drucker, Rabbi · Hamburg-Altona · 9 sources

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9. Landau, Ezechiel

   Person · 1713–1793 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Opatów · 9 sources

   Geb. 8. Okt. 1713 in Opatów, Kleinpolen,Gest. 29. Apr. 1793 in PragEinziger Sohn des wohlhabenden Gemeindevorstehers Juda b. Zwi- Hirsch Halevi L. und der Chaja, Tochter des Rb. Eleasar aus Dubno, Wolhyniensein Vater v…

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10. David Oppenheim

    Person · 1664–1736 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Worms · 8 sources

    (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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11. Gaon of Vilnius

    Person · 1720–1797 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Vilnius · 8 sources

    (Gaon of Vilna; 1720–1797), Torah scholar, kabbalist, and communal leader. The Gaon of Vilna (known also by the acronym Gra, for Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu) was a spiritual giant, a role model and source of inspiration for gener…

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12. Isaac Abraham Euchel

    Person · 1756–1804 · Author, Herausgeber, Orientalist · Copenhagen · 8 sources

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13. Jehuda ha-Levi

    Person · 1079–1140 · Author, Philosoph, Rabbi · 8 sources

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14. Bachja ben Ascher

    Person · 1260–1340 · Author, Exeget, Rabbi · Spain · 7 sources

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15. Bachja ibn Pakuda

    Person · Author, Philosoph, Rabbi · 7 sources

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16. Beer, Peter

    Person · 1758–1838 · Author, Gelehrter, Lehrer · Nový Bydžov · 7 sources

    (ca. 1758–1838), educator, historian, and religious reformer. Peter Beer was born in Nový Bydžov (Neu-Bidschow), Bohemia, to a middle-class family. He received a traditional Jewish education, attended yeshivas in Prague …

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17. Ben Shem Ṭov, Yosef

    Person · 1400–1460 · Author · Kastilien · 7 sources

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18. Berlin, Saul

    Person · 1740–1794-11-16 · Author, Rabbi, Schriftsteller · Amsterdam · 7 sources

    Geb. 1740 in Glogau,Gest. 16. Nov. 1794 in LondonSohn des Berliner Oberrb. Hirschel Lewin, talmudische Ausbildung in Berlin. Verheiratet mit Sarel Fränkel (geb. 1744 in Breslau, gest. 1810 in Berlin), der Tochter des B…

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19. David Abudarham

    Person · 1460–1554 · Author, Rabbi · Sevilla · 7 sources

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20. David HaLevi Segal

    Person · 1586–1667 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Vladimir · 7 sources

    (Taz; 1586–1667), rabbi, author, and head of yeshiva. The life of David ben Shemu’el ha-Levi, better known as Taz (after the initial letters of his Ture zahav [Rows of Gold], commentary upon the Shulḥan ‘arukh), spanned …

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