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Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi (Hebrew: יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי‎, romanized: Yōnā bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī, lit. 'Jonah son of Abraham the Gironan'; died 1264),^[1] also known as Jonah of Girona and Rabbeinu Yonah (רבינו יונה), was a Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of Nahmanides. He is most famous for his ethical work The Gates of Repentance (Hebrew: שערי תשובה).

Solomon of Montpellier

יוֹנָה גִירוֹנְדִי‎

Hillel of Verona

רשב״א

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Biography

Much of what is known about his life comes from a responsum by Solomon ben Simon Duran, one of his descendants.^[2]

Jonah Gerondi came from Girona, in Catalonia (present-day Spain). He was the most prominent pupil of Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier, the leader of the opponents of Maimonides' philosophical works, and was one of the signers of the ban proclaimed in 1233 against The Guide for the Perplexed and the Sefer ha-Madda. According to his pupil, Hillel ben Samuel, Gerondi was the instigator of the public burning of Maimonides' writings by order of the authorities at Paris in 1233, and the indignation which this aroused among all classes of Jews was mainly directed against him. Subsequently (not forty days afterward, as a tradition has it, but in 1242)^[3] when twenty-four wagon-loads of Talmuds were burned at the same place where the philosophical writings of Maimonides had been destroyed, Gerondi saw the folly and danger of appealing to Christian ecclesiastical authorities on questions of Jewish doctrine, and publicly admitted in the synagogue of Montpellier that he had been wrong in all his acts against the works and fame of Maimonides.

As an act of repentance he vowed to travel to Israel and prostrate himself on Maimonides' grave and implore his pardon in the presence of ten men for seven consecutive days. He left France with that intention, but was detained, first in Barcelona and later in Toledo. He remained in Toledo, and became one of the great Talmudical teachers of his time. In all his lectures he made a point of quoting from Maimonides, always mentioning his name with great reverence. Gerondi's sudden death from a rare disease was considered by many as a penalty for not having carried out the plan of his journey to the grave of Maimonides. However, some believe this was only a myth created by the followers of Maimonides.^[4] He died in Toledo in the Kingdom of Castile in November 1263. The text of his tombstone was later transcribed by Samuel David Luzzatto,^[5] with the month and possibly the day of his death being readable.

Works

Gerondi left many works, of which only a few have been preserved. The Ḥiddushim to Alfasi on Berakhot which are ascribed to "Rabbenu Yonah" were in reality written in Gerondi's name by one, if not several, of his pupils. The Ḥiddushim originally covered the entire work of Alfasi, but only the portion mentioned has been preserved. Gerondi wrote novellæ on the Talmud, which are often mentioned in the responsa and decisions of his pupil Solomon Aderet and of other great rabbis, and some of which are incorporated in the Shiṭṭah Mekubbeẓet of R. Bezalel Ashkenazi. Azulai had in his possession Gerondi's novellæ on the tractates Baba Batra and Sanhedrin, in manuscript.^[6] His novellæ on the first-named tractate have since been published under the name Aliyot de-Rabbenu Yonah while those on the last-named tractate form part of the collection of commentaries on the Talmud by ancient authors published by Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi under the title Sam Ḥayyim.^[7] His commentary on Pirkei Avot was first published by Simḥah Dolitzki of Byelostok (Berlin and Altona, 1848) and was translated into English for the first time by Rabbi David Sedley of TorahLab. The work Issur ve-Heter is wrongly attributed to Gerondi. A commentary by him on Proverbs, which is very highly praised (see Bahya ben Asher's preface to his commentary on the Pentateuch), exists in manuscript. Among other minor unpublished works known to be his are Megillat Sefarim, Hilkot Ḥanukkah and Hilkot Yom Kippur.

The fame of Gerondi chiefly rests on his moral and ascetic works, which, it is surmised, he wrote to atone for his earlier attacks on Maimonides and to emphasize his repentance. His Iggeret ha-Teshuvah ('Letter on Repentance'), Sha'arei Teshuvah ('Gates of Repentance'), and Sefer ha-Yir'ah belong to the standard Jewish ethical works of the Middle Ages and are still popular among Orthodox Jewish scholars. Sefer ha-Yir'ah was published as early as 1490, as an appendix to Yeshu'ah ben Joseph's Halikot 'Olam.^[8] The Sha'arei Teshuvah first appeared in Fano (1505) with the Sefer ha-Yirah, while the Iggeret ha-Teshuvah was first published in Kraków (1586). All have been reprinted many times, separately and together, as well as numerous extracts from them; they have also been translated into Yiddish, Italian and English. A part of the Iggeret ha-Teshuvah (sermon 3) first appeared, under the name Dat ha-Nashim, in Solomon Alami's Iggeret Musar.^[9] For an estimate of Gerondi's ethical works and his partial indebtedness to the Sefer Hasidim see Zur Geschichte der Jüdisch-Ethischen Literatur des Mittelalters.^[10] He is also supposed to be mentioned, under the name of "R. Jonah," five times in the Tosafot.^[11]

References

^ Abraham Zacuto, Sefer Yuchasin Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Kraków 1580 (Hebrew), p. 263 in PDF, the year of whose death corresponded with 5,024 anno mundi.
^ Responsum 291, Solomon ben Simon Duran
^ See note 5 to H. Grätz, Geschichte, vol. vii.
^ גירונדי יונה. Jewish Encyclopedia Daat (in Hebrew). Herzog College. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
^ Avnei Zikaron (Prague 1841), 17
^ Shem ha-Gedolim, p. 75, Vilna, 1852
^ Livorno, 1806; see Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 422
^ See Joseph Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 783.
^ See Benjacob, l.c. p. 123.
^ In Brüll's Jahrb. v.-vi. 83 et seq.
^ Shabbat 39b; Moed Kattan 19a, 23b; Nedarim 82b, 84a; see Zunz, Z. G. p. 52, Berlin, 1845.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Solomon Schechter and Peter Wiernik (1901–1906). "GERONDI, JONAH B. ABRAHAM (HEḤASID), THE ELDER". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:

Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. No. 5859;
Zevi Hirsch Edelmann, Hemdah Genuzah, No. 6 (letters of R. Hillel of Verona), Königsberg, 1856;
Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. vol. vii., Index;
Julius Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 327–328;
David Conforte, Kore ha-Dorot, pp. 37–38, Berlin, 1845;
Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ed. Benjacob, pp. 75–76;
Gustav Karpeles, Gesch. der Jüdischen Literatur, pp. 621 et seq.;
Winter and Wünsche, Jüdische Literatur, ii. 425–426, Treves, 1894;
Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, pp. 448–449, Warsaw, 1886;
Heimann Joseph Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 1038, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1891

External links

[1] Abraham Zacuto, Sefer Yuchasin Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Kraków 1580 (Hebrew), p. 263 in PDF, the year of whose death corresponded with 5,024 anno mundi.

[2] Responsum 291, Solomon ben Simon Duran

[3] See note 5 to H. Grätz, Geschichte, vol. vii.

[test-4] גירונדי יונה. Jewish Encyclopedia Daat (in Hebrew). Herzog College. Retrieved July 4, 2012.

[5] Avnei Zikaron (Prague 1841), 17

[6] Shem ha-Gedolim, p. 75, Vilna, 1852

[7] Livorno, 1806; see Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 422

[8] See Joseph Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 783.

[9] See Benjacob, l.c. p. 123.

[10] In Brüll's Jahrb. v.-vi. 83 et seq.

[11] Shabbat 39b; Moed Kattan 19a, 23b; Nedarim 82b, 84a; see Zunz, Z. G. p. 52, Berlin, 1845.

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+[[File:Shaarei Teshuvah.png|thumb|upright=0.9|Title page from {{transliteration|he|Sefer Shaarei Teshuvah}} (1960 pocket edition) by Yonah Gerondi ({{abbr|d.|died}} 1263), first published in 1505.]]
-Rabbi '''Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi''' ({{lang-he-n|יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי}} ''Yōnāh bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī'', "Jonah son of Abraham the [[Girona]]n"; died 1264),<ref>[[Abraham Zacuto]], [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/11550 ''Sefer Yuchasin''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035029/http://www.hebrewbooks.org/11550 |date=November 29, 2014 }}, [[Cracow]] 1580 (Hebrew), p. 263 in PDF, the year of whose death corresponded with 5,024 [[anno mundi]].</ref> also known as '''Jonah of Girona''' and '''Rabbeinu Yonah''' ({{Hebrew|רבינו יונה}}), was a [[Catalan people|Catalan]] rabbi and moralist,  cousin of [[Nahmanides]]. He is most famous for his ethical work ''The Gates of Repentance'' ({{lang-he-n|שערי תשובה}}).
+'''Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi''' ({{lang-he|{{Script/Hebrew|יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי}}|Yōnā bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī|Jonah son of Abraham the [[Girona]]n}}; died 1264),<ref>[[Abraham Zacuto]], [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/11550 ''Sefer Yuchasin''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035029/https://www.hebrewbooks.org/11550 |date=November 29, 2014 }}, [[Kraków]] 1580 (Hebrew), p. 263 in PDF, the year of whose death corresponded with 5,024 [[anno mundi]].</ref> also known as '''Jonah of Girona''' and '''Rabbeinu Yonah''' ({{lang|he|רבינו יונה}}), was a [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[rabbi]] and moralist, cousin of [[Nahmanides]]. He is most famous for his ethical work ''The Gates of Repentance'' ({{lang-he|שערי תשובה}}).
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 == Biography ==
+Much of what is known about his life comes from a responsum by [[Solomon ben Simon Duran]], one of his descendants.<ref>Responsum 291, Solomon ben Simon Duran</ref>
-Jonah Gerondi came from [[Girona]], in [[Catalonia]] (present-day [[Spain]]). Gerondi was the most prominent pupil of [[Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier]], the leader of the opponents of [[Maimonides]]' philosophical works, and was one of the signers of the ban proclaimed in 1233 against ''[[The Guide for the Perplexed]]'' and the ''Sefer ha-Madda''. According to his pupil, [[Hillel ben Samuel]], Gerondi was the instigator of the public burning of Maimonides' writings by order of the authorities at [[Paris]] in 1233, and the indignation which this aroused among all classes of Jews was mainly directed against him. Subsequently (not forty days afterward, as a tradition has it, but in 1242<ref>See note 5 to [[H. Grätz]], ''Geschichte,'' vol. vii.</ref>) when twenty-four wagon-loads of [[Talmud]]s were burned at the same place where the philosophical writings of Maimonides had been destroyed, Gerondi saw the folly and danger of appealing to [[Christianity|Christian]] ecclesiastical authorities on questions of [[Jewish]] doctrine, and publicly admitted in the synagogue of [[Montpellier]] that he had been wrong in all his acts against the works and fame of Maimonides.
+Jonah Gerondi came from [[Girona]], in [[Catalonia]] (present-day [[Spain]]). He was the most prominent pupil of [[Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier]], the leader of the opponents of [[Maimonides]]' philosophical works, and was one of the signers of the ban proclaimed in 1233 against ''[[The Guide for the Perplexed]]'' and the {{transliteration|he|Sefer ha-Madda}}. According to his pupil, [[Hillel ben Samuel]], Gerondi was the instigator of the public burning of Maimonides' writings by order of the authorities at [[Paris]] in 1233, and the indignation which this aroused among all classes of Jews was mainly directed against him. Subsequently (not forty days afterward, as a tradition has it, but in 1242)<ref>See note 5 to [[H. Grätz]], ''Geschichte,'' vol. vii.</ref> when twenty-four wagon-loads of [[Talmud]]s were burned at the same place where the philosophical writings of Maimonides had been destroyed, Gerondi saw the folly and danger of appealing to [[Christianity|Christian]] ecclesiastical authorities on questions of [[Jewish]] doctrine, and publicly admitted in the synagogue of [[Montpellier]] that he had been wrong in all his acts against the works and fame of Maimonides.
-As an act of repentance he vowed to travel to Israel and prostrate himself on Maimonides' grave and implore his pardon in the presence of ten men for seven consecutive days. He left [[France]] with that intention, but was detained, first in [[Barcelona]] and later in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. He remained in Toledo, and became one of the great [[Talmud]]ical teachers of his time. In all his lectures he made a point of quoting from Maimonides, always mentioning his name with great reverence. Gerondi's sudden death from a rare disease was considered by many as a penalty for not having carried out the plan of his journey to the grave of Maimonides. However, some believe this was only a myth created by the followers of Maimonides.<ref name="test">{{daat enc|id1=1135|he-title=גירונדי יונה|accessdate=July 4, 2012}}</ref> He died in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] in the [[Kingdom of Castile]] in November 1263.
+As an act of repentance he vowed to travel to Israel and prostrate himself on Maimonides' grave and implore his pardon in the presence of ten men for seven consecutive days. He left [[France]] with that intention, but was detained, first in [[Barcelona]] and later in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. He remained in Toledo, and became one of the great [[Talmud]]ical teachers of his time. In all his lectures he made a point of quoting from Maimonides, always mentioning his name with great reverence. Gerondi's sudden death from a rare disease was considered by many as a penalty for not having carried out the plan of his journey to the grave of Maimonides. However, some believe this was only a myth created by the followers of Maimonides.<ref name="test">{{daat enc|id1=1135|he-title=גירונדי יונה|access-date=July 4, 2012}}</ref> He died in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] in the [[Kingdom of Castile]] in November 1263. The text of his tombstone was later transcribed by [[Samuel David Luzzatto]],<ref>Avnei Zikaron (Prague 1841), 17</ref> with the month and possibly the day of his death being readable.
 == Works ==
-Gerondi left many works, of which only a few have been preserved. The ''Hiddushim'' to [[Isaac Alfasi|Alfasi]] on ''[[Berakhot (tractate)|Berakhot]]'' which are ascribed to "Rabbenu Yonah" were in reality written in Gerondi's name by one, if not several, of his pupils. The ''Ḥiddushim'' originally covered the entire work of Alfasi, but only the portion mentioned has been preserved. Gerondi wrote novellæ on the [[Talmud]], which are often mentioned in the responsa and decisions of his pupil [[Solomon Aderet]] and of other great rabbis, and some of which are incorporated in the ''Shiṭṭah Mekubbeẓet'' of R. [[Bezalel Ashkenazi]]. [[Chaim Joseph David Azulai|Azulai]] had in his possession Gerondi's novellæ on the tractates ''[[Baba Batra]]'' and ''[[Sanhedrin]]'', in manuscript.<ref>''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' p.&nbsp;75, Vilna, 1852</ref> His novellæ on the first-named tractate have since been published under the name ''Aliyot de-Rabbenu Yonah'' while those on the last-named tractate form part of the collection of commentaries on the Talmud by ancient authors published by [[Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi]] under the title ''Sam Ḥayyim''.<ref>Livorno, 1806; see [[Benjacob]], ''Oẓar ha-Sefarim,'' p.&nbsp;422</ref> His commentary on ''[[Pirkei Avot]]'' was first published by Simḥah Dolitzki of Byelostok (Berlin and Altona, 1848) and was translated into English for the first time by Rabbi David Sedley of TorahLab. The work ''Issur ve-Heter'' is wrongly attributed to Gerondi. A commentary by him on [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]], which is very highly praised (see [[Bahya ben Asher]]'s preface to his commentary on the [[Pentateuch]]), exists in manuscript. Among other minor unpublished works known to be his are ''Megillat Sefarim,'' ''Hilkot Ḥanukkah'' and ''Hilkot Yom Kippur.''
+Gerondi left many works, of which only a few have been preserved. The {{transliteration|he|Ḥiddushim}} to [[Isaac Alfasi|Alfasi]] on {{transliteration|he|[[Berakhot (tractate)|Berakhot]]}} which are ascribed to "Rabbenu Yonah" were in reality written in Gerondi's name by one, if not several, of his pupils. The {{transliteration|he|Ḥiddushim}} originally covered the entire work of Alfasi, but only the portion mentioned has been preserved. Gerondi wrote [[Chidush|novellæ]] on the [[Talmud]], which are often mentioned in the responsa and decisions of his pupil [[Solomon Aderet]] and of other great rabbis, and some of which are incorporated in the {{transliteration|he|Shiṭṭah Mekubbeẓet}} of R. [[Bezalel Ashkenazi]]. [[Chaim Joseph David Azulai|Azulai]] had in his possession Gerondi's novellæ on the tractates {{transliteration|he|[[Baba Batra]]}} and {{transliteration|he|[[Sanhedrin]]}}, in manuscript.<ref>''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' p.&nbsp;75, Vilna, 1852</ref> His novellæ on the first-named tractate have since been published under the name {{transliteration|he|Aliyot de-Rabbenu Yonah}} while those on the last-named tractate form part of the collection of commentaries on the Talmud by ancient authors published by [[Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi]] under the title {{transliteration|he|Sam Ḥayyim}}.<ref>Livorno, 1806; see [[Benjacob]], ''Oẓar ha-Sefarim,'' p.&nbsp;422</ref> His commentary on {{transliteration|he|[[Pirkei Avot]]}} was first published by Simḥah Dolitzki of Byelostok (Berlin and Altona, 1848) and was translated into English for the first time by Rabbi David Sedley of TorahLab. The work {{transliteration|he|Issur ve-Heter}} is wrongly attributed to Gerondi. A commentary by him on [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]], which is very highly praised (see [[Bahya ben Asher]]'s preface to his commentary on the [[Pentateuch]]), exists in manuscript. Among other minor unpublished works known to be his are {{transliteration|he|Megillat Sefarim}}, {{transliteration|he|Hilkot Ḥanukkah}} and {{transliteration|he|Hilkot Yom Kippur}}.
-But the fame of Gerondi chiefly rests on his moral and [[ascetic]] works, which, it is surmised, he wrote to atone for his earlier attacks on Maimonides and to emphasize his repentance. His ''Iggeret ha-Teshuvah'' (Letter on Repentance), ''Sha'arei Teshuvah'' (Gates of Repentance), and ''Sefer ha-Yir'ah'' belong to the standard [[musar literature|Jewish ethical works]] of the [[Middle Ages]] and are still popular among [[Orthodox Jewish]] scholars. ''Sefer ha-Yir'ah'' was published as early as 1490, as an appendix to [[Yeshu'ah ben Joseph]]'s ''Halikot 'Olam''.<ref>See [[Joseph Zedner]], ''Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.'' p. 783.</ref> The ''Sha'arei Teshuvah'' first appeared in Fano (1505) with the ''Sefer ha-Yirah,'' while the ''Iggeret ha-Teshuvah'' was first published in Cracow (1586). All have been reprinted many times, separately and together, as well as numerous extracts from them; and they have been translated into [[Yiddish|Judæo-German]] and [[English language|English]]. A part of the ''Iggeret ha-Teshuvah'' (sermon 3) first appeared, under the name ''Dat ha-Nashim,'' in [[Solomon Alami]]'s ''Iggeret Musar''.<ref>See [[Benjacob]], l.c. p. 123.</ref> For an estimate of Gerondi's ethical works and his partial indebtedness to the ''[[Sefer Hasidim]]'' see ''Zur Geschichte der Jüdisch-Ethischen Literatur des Mittelalters''.<ref>In [[Nehemiah Brüll|Brüll]]'s ''Jahrb.'' v.-vi. 83 et seq.</ref> He is also supposed to be mentioned, under the name of "R. Jonah," five times in the ''[[Tosafot]]''.<ref>[[Shab.|Shabbat]] 39b; [[Moed Kattan]] 19a, 23b; [[Ned.|Nedarim]] 82b, 84a; see [[Leopold Zunz|Zunz]], ''Z. G.'' p. 52, Berlin, 1845.</ref>
+The fame of Gerondi chiefly rests on his moral and [[ascetic]] works, which, it is surmised, he wrote to atone for his earlier attacks on Maimonides and to emphasize his repentance. His {{transliteration|he|Iggeret ha-Teshuvah}} ({{gloss|Letter on Repentance}}), {{transliteration|he|Sha'arei Teshuvah}} ({{gloss|Gates of Repentance}}), and {{transliteration|he|Sefer ha-Yir'ah}} belong to the standard [[musar literature|Jewish ethical works]] of the [[Middle Ages]] and are still popular among [[Orthodox Jewish]] scholars. {{transliteration|he|Sefer ha-Yir'ah}} was published as early as 1490, as an appendix to [[Yeshu'ah ben Joseph]]'s {{transliteration|he|Halikot 'Olam}}.<ref>See [[Joseph Zedner]], ''Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.'' p. 783.</ref> The {{transliteration|he|Sha'arei Teshuvah}} first appeared in Fano (1505) with the {{transliteration|he|Sefer ha-Yirah}}, while the {{transliteration|he|Iggeret ha-Teshuvah}} was first published in Kraków (1586). All have been reprinted many times, separately and together, as well as numerous extracts from them; they have also been translated into [[Yiddish]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[English language|English]]. A part of the {{transliteration|he|Iggeret ha-Teshuvah}} (sermon 3) first appeared, under the name {{transliteration|he|Dat ha-Nashim}}, in [[Solomon Alami]]'s {{transliteration|he|Iggeret Musar}}.<ref>See [[Benjacob]], l.c. p. 123.</ref> For an estimate of Gerondi's ethical works and his partial indebtedness to the {{transliteration|he|[[Sefer Hasidim]]}} see {{lang|de|Zur Geschichte der Jüdisch-Ethischen Literatur des Mittelalters}}.<ref>In [[Nehemiah Brüll|Brüll]]'s ''Jahrb.'' v.-vi. 83 et seq.</ref> He is also supposed to be mentioned, under the name of "R. Jonah," five times in the {{transliteration|he|[[Tosafot]]}}.<ref>[[Shab.|Shabbat]] 39b; [[Moed Kattan]] 19a, 23b; [[Ned.|Nedarim]] 82b, 84a; see [[Leopold Zunz|Zunz]], ''Z. G.'' p. 52, Berlin, 1845.</ref>
 == References ==
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 *[[Gustav Karpeles]], Gesch. der Jüdischen Literatur, pp.&nbsp;621 et seq.;
 *Winter and Wünsche, Jüdische Literatur, ii. 425–426, Treves, 1894;
-*[[Fuenn]], Keneset Yisrael, pp.&nbsp;448–449, Warsaw, 1886;
+*[[Samuel Joseph Fuenn|Fuenn]], Keneset Yisrael, pp.&nbsp;448–449, Warsaw, 1886;
 *[[Heimann Joseph Michael]], Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 1038, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1891
 == External links ==
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227225036/http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=122 ''Shaarei Teshuvah'']
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227225036/https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=122 ''Shaarei Teshuvah'']
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227233527/http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=123  ''Sefer HaYirah'' Vilna print]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227233527/https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=123  ''Sefer HaYirah'' Vilna print]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081223121730/http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot/sefer-2.htm ''Sefer HaYirah'' Warsaw print]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081223121730/https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot/sefer-2.htm ''Sefer HaYirah'' Warsaw print]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916033154/http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=111 Commentary on Proverbs]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916033154/https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=111 Commentary on Proverbs]
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v t e Rishonim
North Africa	Isaac Alfasi (Rif) Chananel ben Chushiel Dunash ben Labrat Zechariah Aghmati Nissim ben Jacob Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jam Shemariah ben Elhanan
Spain (except Catalonia)	Maimonides Judah Halevi Abraham ibn Ezra Yom Tov Asevilli (Ritva) Joseph ibn Migash (Ri Migash) Meir Abulafia (Ramah) Bahya ibn Paquda Bahya ben Asher David Abudirham Joseph Albo Isaac ben Moses Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak) Rabbenu Yerucham Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon (Migdal Oz) Meir ben Solomon Abi-Sahula Isaac ibn Ghiyyat Maimon ben Joseph Isaac Aboab I Abraham ibn Daud Moses ibn Ezra Jonah ibn Janah Abraham Saba
Catalonia	Nachmanides Menachem Meiri Nissim of Gerona (Ran) Shlomo ibn Aderet (Rashba) Yonah Gerondi (Rabbeinu Yonah) Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona (Baal HaMaor) Hasdai Crescas Aharon HaLevi (Ra'ah) Isaac ben Sheshet (Rivash) Simeon ben Zemah Duran (Tashbatz) Vidal of Tolosa (Maggid Mishneh) Joseph ibn Habib (Nimmukei Yosef) Azriel of Gerona Moshe Chalava Judah ben Yakar Judah ben Barzillai
Provence	Hachmei Provence Abraham ben David (Raavad) Gersonides (Ralbag) David Kimhi (Radak) Abba Mari Isaac ben Abba Mari (HaIttur) Abraham ben Nathan (HaManhig) David ben Levi of Narbonne (HaMichtam) Moses ben Joseph (Rambi) Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne (Raavad II, HaEshkol) Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyim Moshe ha-Darshan Meshullam ben Jacob Asher ben Meshullam Abraham of Montpellier Joseph Caspi Isaac the Blind Samuel ibn Tibbon Isaac of Narbonne Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen Jonathan of Lunel
France (except Provence)	Rabbi Abin ha-Gadol Rashi List of Tosafists Rabbeinu Tam Rashbam Solomon ben Meir Samson ben Joseph of Falaise Yom Tov of Falaise Eliezer ben Samuel (Yereim) Isaac ben Samuel (Ri HaZaken) Moses ben Jacob of Coucy (Semag) Judah ben Nathan (Rivan) Bechor Shor Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans Elijah of Paris Judah ben Yom Tov Haim ben Hananel HaCohen Yechiel of Paris Rivam Peretz ben Elijah Eliezer of Toul Chaim Paltiel Jacob of Orléans Samson of Chinon Jacob of Chinon Eliezer of Touques Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre Baruch ben Isaac Samson ben Abraham of Sens Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi Meir ben Samuel Moses of Évreux Samuel of Évreux Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils Menahem ben Helbo Simeon Kara Shemaiah of Soissons Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken Ephraim ben Samson
Germany	Meshullam ben Kalonymus Gershom ben Judah (Rabbeinu Gershom) Simeon bar Isaac of Mainz Asher ben Jehiel (Rosh) Jacob ben Asher (Baal HaTurim) Mordechai ben Hillel (Mordechai) Meir of Rothenburg (Maharam MeRotenberg) Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil) Eliezer ben Nathan (Ra'aven) Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi (Raavyah) Eleazar of Worms (Rokeach) Meir HaKohen (Hagahot Maimuniot) Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg (Yehudah haHasid) Yaakov ben Yakar Isaac ben Mordecai of Regensburg Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg Samson ben Eliezer Eliezer ben Isaac ha-Gadol Judah ben Kalonymus Yehuda HaKohen ben Meir Meir ben Baruch Halevi Israel Bruna Israel of Bamberg Ephraim of Bonn Judah ben Asher Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi Jacob ben Judah Landau Samuel ben Natronai Alexander Suslin Jacob Weil Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi Simha of Speyer Isaac Asir HaTikvah
England	Aaron of Canterbury Aaron of York Elias of London Eliyahu Menachem of London Hagin Deulacres Jacob ben Judah of London Josce of London Moses ben Isaac ben ha-Nessiah Moses of London Yom Tov of Joigny Berechiah de Nicole
Austria	Israel Isserlein (Terumat HaDeshen) Isaac of Vienna (Or Zarua) Avigdor Cohen of Vienna Isaac Tyrnau
Italy	Nathan ben Jehiel (the Aruch) Isaiah di Trani (Rid) Isaiah di Trani the Younger (Riaz) Obadiah of Bertinoro Menahem Recanati Zedekiah Anaw (Shibbolei HaLeket) Benjamin Anaw Judah Anav Moses ben Meir of Ferrara Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona Hillel ben Samuel Joseph Colon Trabotto Isaac ben Melchizedek Judah Messer Leon
Elsewhere	Isaac Abarbanel Elijah Mizrachi Tobiah ben Eliezer (Lekach Tov) Zerahiah the Greek Isaac ben Dorbolo Isaac ben Samuel of Acre Moses Taku Isaac ben Jacob ha-Lavan Nathan ben Abraham I Hillel ben Eliakim Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi Nethanel ben Isaiah‎

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