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	Hebrew Literature - LoveToKnow 1911
		Hananeel's contemporary Nissim ben Jacob, of Kairawan, who corresponded with Hai Gaon of Pumbeditha as well as with Samuel the Nagid in Spain, likewise wrote on the Talmud, and is probably the author of a collection of Ma`asiyyoth or edifying stories, besides works now lost.
		Rashi was a pupil of Jacob ben Yaqar, and studied at Worms and Mainz.
		Of the same school were Menahem ben Simeon of Posquieres, a commentator, who died about the end of the 12th century, and Moses ben Jacob of Coucy (13th century), author of the Semag (book of precepts, positive and negative) a very popular and valuable halakhic work.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hebrew_Literature (8609 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - NISSIM BEN JACOB BEN NISSIM IBN SHAHIN:
		In this work Nissim aimed to meet the difficulties in the study of the Talmud, which for his contemporaries consisted chiefly in the fact that they were not so well versed therein as the ancient teachers.
		Nissim did not confine himself to quoting references, but expounds them in their connection with the text; thus his work is at the same time a Talmudical commentary.
		Nissim had a method of his own for the study of the Talmud, using very largely the Palestinian Talmud, which hitherto had been generally neglected.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=307&letter=N (1461 words)

	NISSIM BEN JACOB BEN NISSIM IBN SHAHIN (Jewish Encyclopedia) - BibleWiki
		In this work Nissim aimed to meet the difficulties in the study of the Talmud, which for his contemporaries consisted chiefly in the fact that they were not so well versed therein as the ancient teachers.
		Nissim did not confine himself to quoting references, but expounds them in their connection with the text; thus his work is at the same time a Talmudical commentary.
		Nissim had a method of his own for the study of the Talmud, using very largely the Palestinian Talmud, which hitherto had been generally neglected.
	bible.tmtm.com /wiki/NISSIM_BEN_JACOB_BEN_NISSIM_IBN_SHAHIN_(Jewish_Encyclopedia) (1529 words)

	Nissim Ben Jacob - Definition, explanation
		Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon), (990-1062) was a rabbi and Talmudist best known to Judaism's scholars today for his Talmudic commentary HaMafteach, by which he also known.
		Rav Nissim studied at the Kairouan yeshiva, initally under his father, Jacob ben Nissim, and then under Chushiel, who succeeded Jacob as head of the Yeshiva.
		Nissim himself later became head of the yeshiva; in this capacity he is closely associated with Chananel son of Chushiel.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/ni/nissim_ben_jacob.php (205 words)

	Messiah
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	Nissim Ben Jacob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon, 990-1062, Hebrew: ניסים בן יעקב) was a rabbi and Talmudist best known today for his Talmudic commentary "HaMafteach", by which title he is also known.
		Nissim himself later became head of the yeshiva; in this capacity he is closely associated with Chananel son of Chushiel.
		Nissim did not confine himself to quoting references, he also discusses these in connection with the text; this work is thus also a commentary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nissim_Ben_Jacob (432 words)

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		The R. Nissim referred to as the author of the second discourse may be R. Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin (c.
		Nissim's teachers were his father, R. Hushi'el, and possibly also the latter's son R. Hananel, whose teachings reveal a close affinity with that of R. Nissim.
		Nissim obtained a great part of his halakhic tradition from Hai Gaon, with whom he corresponded.
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	Science Fair Projects - Nissim Ben Jacob
		Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon), (990-1062) was a rabbi and Talmudist best known to Judaism's scholars today for his Talmudic commentary HaMafteach, by which he also known.
		Rav Nissim studied at the Kairouan yeshiva, initally under his father, Jacob ben Nissim, and then under Chushiel, who succeeded Jacob as head of the Yeshiva.
		Rav Nissim maintained an active correspondence with Hai Gaon and with Shmuel Hanaggid.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Nissim_Ben_Jacob (341 words)

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		Maimonides' code was opposed, especially in Babylonia, partially because the codification process in various diasporan centers represented a diminution of their authority and partially because it omitted the back and forth of the talmudic argumentation without even mentioning most talmudic sources, further removing Babylonian influence from diasporan Jewish life.
		Rabbi Jacob Tam (1100-1171) issued a famous responsum according to which divorces granted could not then be revoked on trivial grounds, a major boon to women who were often tied to apostate and recalcitrant husbands.
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	Jewish History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hananel ben Hushiel and Nissim ben Jacob, native Talmudists, sought to bridge the gap between Talmudic teachings and daily life.
		Shemariah ben Elhanan was ransomed in Cairo, Hushiel in Kairuan (North Africa), Nathan ben Isaac Kohen in Narbonne and Moses ben Hanoch in Cordova.
		He served with Hananel ben Hushiel, and after his death was appointed the head of the rabbical academies.
	www.jewishhistory.org.il /900.htm (2543 words)

	A Binding Disagreement
		One of the most interesting of these authors was Rabbi Nissim ben Moses of Marseilles, a fourteenth-century scholar whose mastery of the biblical and rabbinic traditions was combined with an avid commitment to the rationalistic approach advocated by the school of Maimonides.
		Although Rabbi Nissim was not the first Jewish commentator to challenge the historicity of the Bible, it is hard to think of any others who argued the case with such zeal and boldness.
		For Rabbis Zerahiah of Barcelona and Nissim of Marseilles, the profound lessons of Abraham's achievement are unrelated to the question of its historicity.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/Shokel/020906_BindingDisagreement.html (1283 words)

	HEBREW LITERATURE - Online Information article about HEBREW LITERATURE
		Jacob 3 In Hebrew 'ran, from the initial letters of Rabbi Shelomoh Yiybagi, a convenient method used by Jewish writers in referring to well-known authors.
		Africa were in close relation with those of Spain, and as early as the beginning of the 9th century Judah ben Quraish of Tahort had composed his Risdlah (letter) to the Jews of Fez on grammatical subjects from a See also:
		Lucena), a friend of Judah Ha-levi and of Moses ben Ezra, wrote Responsa and IJiddushin (annotations) on parts of the Talmud.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HAN_HEG/HEBREW_LITERATURE.html (6613 words)

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		It was recounted that R. Jacob of Marvege, a tosafist, inquired in a dream whether the law concerning a certain case was according to the geonim or according to Alfasi; he received an answer from heaven: "And I shall establish my covenant with Isaac" (Gen. 17:21).
		At the close of the Middle Ages, when the Talmud was banned in Italy, the Alfasi's work was expressly exempted, so that between the 16th and 19th centuries it was a principal subject of study among Italian Jews.
		Jacob Alfasi (known as Rif; 1013–1103), author of the most important code prior to the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.
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	Original Hebrew of a Portion of Ecclesiasticus: Preface
		Although afterwards excluded from the canon by the Rabbis, it continued to live and to be appreciated both in the Palestinian and the Babylonian schools, as is proved by the fact that the text was constantly quoted either in the original or in a Rabbinical or Aramaic form.
		Rabbi Akiba and Ben Azai borrowed from it verbatim
		Nissim ben Jacob (eleventh century) of Kairowân, in Tunisia, makes a quotation, which however he may have derived from S
	www.sacred-texts.com /jud/ohpe/ohpe02.htm (3262 words)

	Isaac Alfasi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		'''Isaac ben Jacob''' (1013–1103), called Isaac Hakohen, or the Rif (&1512;&1497;"&1507;, an acronym for his Hebrew title and name), was a north African medieval rabbi.
		He studied in Kairouan, Tunisia under Nissim Ben Jacob and Chananel Ben Chushiel (''Rabbeinu Chananel'') the recognized rabbinical authorities of the age.
		Rabbi Nissim of Gerona (the RaN) compiled a detailed and explicit commentary on this work; In yeshivot "the Rif and the RaN" are regularly studied as part of the daily Talmudic schedule.
	isaac-alfasi.iqnaut.net (454 words)

	Qairawan: Between East and West
		Near the end of the 10th century HaRav Hushiel ben Elhanan, president of the yeshibot at Qairawan died.
		Nissim corresponded frequently with Sherira Ga'on and with Hai Ga'on of Babylonia.
		Indeed, among the very earliest commentaries on the Babylonian Talmud were those compiled in Qairawan by Rav Hananel ben Hushiel, and his student Nissim ben Jacob ibn Shahun.
	www.alfassa.com /q.html (750 words)

	List of rabbis Summary
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		Shimon ben Shetach, (c.120-40 BCE) was a Pharisee scholar and Nasi of the Sanhedrin
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	Chananel Ben Chushiel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chananel ben Chushiel or Hananel ben Hushiel (Hebrew: חננאל בן חושיאל) was a Rabbi, talmudist and one of the last Geonim.
		He is closely associated with Nissim Ben Jacob in the capacity of rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of Kairouan.
		He also authored a commentary on the Torah, cited by many later Biblical commentators, chiefly Bahya ben Asher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chananel_Ben_Chushiel (327 words)

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		Harif was born in the small village of Kala' Hamad in contemporary Algeria to Jacob Cohen.
		Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli, an older contemporary of Saadia Gaon (882-942) was a court physician in Kirouan.
		Later Shemouel HaNagid of Muslim Granada corresponded with Jacob Ben Nissim's son, Hananel, a wealthy and learned man who laid the foundation to the synthesis of Babylonian, Palestinian and European traditions.
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	Dunash ibn Tamim Summary
		Like his teacher, he was physician in ordinary at the court of the Fatimite caliphs of Kairwan, and to one of these, Isma'il ibn al-Ḳa'im al-Manṣur, Tamim dedicated an astronomical work, in the second part of which he disclosed the weak points in the principles of astrology.
		Another of his astronomical works, prepared for Hasdai ben Isaac ibn Shaprut, the Jewish statesman of Cordova, consisted of three parts: (1) the nature of the spheres; (2) astronomical calculations; (3) the courses of the stars.
		In several of these manuscripts Ibn Tamim is expressly referred to as the author; in one instance he is named again, but with his teacher, while in another Jacob ben Nissim is named, who lived in Kairwan at the end of the tenth century.
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	Rishonim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hillel ben Eliakim, (''Rabbeinu Hillel''), 12the century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
		Nissim Ben Jacob (''Rav Nissim Gaon'') 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
		Nissim of Gerona, (''RaN''), 14th century Halakhist and Talmudist
	rishonim.iqnaut.net (415 words)

	Multi-Language Bibliography Subject Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	www.mishpativri.org.il /english/multsub.htm (1112 words)

	MYTH & LEGEND IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD--Britannica
		The former, composed in Judeo-Arabic, is a collection of some 60 moralizing tales designed to comfort the author's father-in-law on the loss of a son.
		Alphabet of Ben Sira, extant in two recensions, probably of the 11th century.
		Warned by the spirits of such worthies as Rabbi Simeon ben Yo hai and the prophet Elijah, they nevertheless succeed eventually in procuring their blessing and help and are sent on to the angel Metatron.
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	biblio_yetzirah.html
		Nissim]; it has been proved, however, that the basis of that commentary is by Isaac b.
		Nissim in EJ [11: 827], and from this entry we can cite the following remarks on Judah's Uns al-Gharib ["Familiarity with the Unfamiliar"] which contains the commentary on Sepher Yetzirah: "[T]he deductions which Judah drew from the unknowability of God are similar to the Kabbalah.
		Ben Zion Bokser, From the World of the Cabbalah: The Philosophy of Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague, New York, Philosophical Library, 1954.
	www.wbenjamin.org /biblio_yetzirah.html (5386 words)

	if:book: defining the networked book: a few thoughts and a list
		one of the things i liked best about working with you, ben and dan last year was the constant tension between my old-school tendencies to rely on the value of the solitary editor (or even author) and your conviction of the additive value of multiple voice on the network.
		Posted by: ben vershbow at May 10, 2006 12:29 AM It might be important to remember that, as Adrian Johns argues, the fixity and authority of texts were notions put forward by early modern printers in an effort to outdo each other in the book market.
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	Prof. Sara Klein-Braslavy
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	List of rabbis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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		In this beautifully written memoir, Nissim Rejwan recalls the lost Jewish community of Baghdad, in which he was a child and young man from the 1920s through 1951.
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