Rabbenu Tam
Rabbenu Tam · Historical & Religious Figures
Leading Tosafist whose analyses transformed medieval Talmud study
c. 1100, Ramerupt, France — 1171, Troyes, France
Champagne, France (Ramerupt, Troyes)
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Jacob ben Meir, known as Rabbenu Tam, was a grandson of Rashi and the foremost of the Tosafists, the medieval French and German Talmud commentators. His dialectical analyses in the Tosafot and his halakhic work 'Sefer ha-Yashar' reshaped Talmud study across Ashkenaz and remain central to the printed Talmud page. He was a leading rabbinic authority of medieval Jewry.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Leading Tosafist whose analyses transformed medieval Talmud study
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
