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☕A fruitful era of synthetic Sefardi scholarship reaches its conclusion in the work of the Ran; his students took his Torah with them in addressing the unforeseeable difficulties of their day.
☕ R. Yaakov ben Asher, son of the Rosh, sought to make Jewish law widely understandable so that more could walk in its ways. In the process, he structured the study of halacha forever after. NBD.
☕ Abravanel reached the glittering heights of Iberian society and lost it all—twice—and rebuilt in Italy, all while writing paradigm-shifting works of Tanach commentary and humanist philosophy.
☕R. Asher ben Yechiel carried with him the Chasidut of his father and the Tosafot of his teacher, Maharam of Rothenburg, and transplanted it to faraway Sefarad, integrating power traditions.

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☕ His prolix work languished in manuscript for centuries, but today, happily, we have Meiri's unique contributions to guide us ably through the Talmud.
☕Ritva's synthesis brings together Sefarad and Ashkenaz, philosophy and Kabbalah, Rambam and Ramban—all in service of his search for the essence of…
☕ R. Bachya ben Asher made the burgeoning Kabbalistic movement more accessible in his beloved Torah commentary, where he also anthologized much midrash…
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☕ The cantankerous Torah giant of Barcelona was involved in all of his day's affairs, walking a middle path that was informed by, but also wary of…
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☕ Ramban might have lived the quiet life of a Kabbalist in Girona. Instead, he changed Jewish history with his integratory methods, abundant insight…
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☕Sensitive, turbulent, unafraid but filled with deep humility, Rabbenu Yonah was the conscience of thirteenth-century Spain—and beyond.
☕The acerbic critic, for all his renown, is yet underappreciated for his contribution to the conceptual study of halacha. Yes, there are some icy…
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☕Rambam (Maimonides) reconfigured halacha and clarified its underlying theory, insisted on the significance of human reason while reaching for the…
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