Joseph ibn Abitur

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Joseph ibn Abitur

Joseph ibn Abitur was a student of R. Moshe b. Hanoch. He was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of Merida

Mérida, Spain

M?rida is the capital of the autonomous communities in Spain of Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 55,568 ....
. His great great grandfather was a communal and Rabbinic leader. Besides being a great Torah

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scholar, R. Yosef was also a paytan of note. He also wrote a commentary on the Bible in Hebrew

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. He also enjoyed a relationship with the Caliph

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of the time and fashioned an Arabic translation of the Talmud

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for him.

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Joseph ibn Abitur was a student of R. Moshe b. Hanoch. He was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of Merida

Mérida, Spain

Torah

Hebrew language

Caliph

Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
for him. When R. Chanoch was chosen to succeed his father, R. Yosef felt compelled to leave Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
and travel to the Yeshiva

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s in Bavel

Bavel

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. On his way he stopped in Egypt

Egypt

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before arriving in Bahgdad. He eventually went to Damascus

Damascus

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, where he died. He wrote many Teshuvas, some that we still have.