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Nagid, , is a Hebrew term meaning a prince or leader. This title was often applied to the religious leader in Sephardic communities of the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, generally in Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
. Among the individuals bearing this title are the following:










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Nagid, , is a Hebrew term meaning a prince or leader. This title was often applied to the religious leader in Sephardic communities of the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, generally in Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
. Among the individuals bearing this title are the following:

  • Samuel ha-Nagid
  • Joseph ibn Naghrela
    Joseph ibn Naghrela

    Joseph ibn Naghrela or Joseph ha-Nagid was a vizier to the Berber people king Badis al-Muzaffar of Granada, during the Moors rule of Andalusia, and the leader of the Jewish community there....
  • Maimonides
    Maimonides

    Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
  • Avraham son of Rambam
    Avraham son of Rambam

    Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon the son of Maimonides was the leader or Nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community following his father....
  • Mevorak ha-Nagid


See also

  • Exilarch
    Exilarch

    Exilarch refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community following the deportation of the population of Judah into Babylonian captivity after the destruction of the kingdom of Judah....
  • Hakham Bashi
    Hakham Bashi

    Hakham Bashi is the Turkish name for the Chief rabbi of the nation's Jewish community....
  • Chief Rabbi
    Chief Rabbi

    Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....


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