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WHAT AND WHO IS A RABBI?

RABBI SHIMON BEN YOCHAI
2ND Century
Dr Henry Abramson 2014 (48.46)
Emerging from a cave after twelve years of isolated Torah study, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai went on to become one of ancient Israel's most celebrated Kabbalists
and a leader of the Jewish people.

ANAN BEN DAVIV AND KARAISM
8th Century
Dr Henry Abramson 2012 (56.48)
an eighth-century Jewish thinker in Babylonia who is considered by many to be the progenitor of Karaism

HASDAI IBN SHAPRUT?
 THE JEWS OF SEPHARAD
10TH  Century
Dr Henry Abramson 2017 (58.42)
Jewish leader in Andalusia,
who set the foundations
for the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry

SHERIRA GAON
AND THE JEWS OF BABYLON
(906 - 1006)
Dr Henry Abramson 2013 (58.49)

Who, exactly, wrote down the foundational texts of the Oral Torah? Who is responsible for the compiling of the Talmud? These were some of the questions addressed to Sherira Gaon, the Rosh Yeshiva of the great city of Pumbedita in Babylon in 987
by a young Rabbi in Tunisia.
His famous response, preserved for over a thousand years, is an impressive survey of the Jewish intellectual tradition, leading up to the establishment of the greatest Talmudic centers in Jewish history.

ABRAHAM IBN EZRA
(1089-1164)
Dr Henry Abramson 2014 (51.12)

Hailed as one of the greatest commentators on the Torah,
Abraham ibn Ezra
lived a life of
great scholarly accomplishment  
amidst great personal suffering

RABBI SHIMON YITSHAKI - RASHI
(1040-1105)
Dr Henry Abramson 2012 (58.46)

, popularly known as Rashi, one of the most important Torah commentators of all time.

NACHMANIDES (RAMBAN)
RABBI MOSHE BEN NAHMAN,,
(13th Century)
Dr Henry Abramson 2017 (56.03)

A brilliant 13th-century scholar of Rabbinic thought, Nahmanides’ defense of Judaism in a forced Church-sponsored debate earned him exile from his native Spain. An elderly sage, he emigrated to the Land of Israel, where he found a tiny Jewish community, desperately hanging onto the traditions of their ancestors. Summoning upon an immense reserve of energy, Nahmanides single-handedly resurrected the community living under Islamic rule and laid the foundation for a Jewish renaissance.

THE RASHBA
RABBI SHLOMO BEN ADRET,
(1235-1310)
Dr Henry Abramson 2015 (39.04)

 Known to his students
by the acronym of his name Rashba,
was one of the most brilliant Talmudists of medieval Spain.
Student of Nachmanides (Ramban)
and teacher to the Ritva,
his writings are studied
to the present day.

RABBI SHLOMO ALKABETS
(16TH century)
Dr Henry Abramson 2012 (55.35)

Famed author of the Lecha Dodi hymn sung on the eve of the Jewish sabbath, Rabbi Alkabets was one of the founding members of the
16th-century school of Kabbalists
based in Safed (Tsfat), Israel.

RABBI JOSEPH KARO
or YOSEF CARO, QARO  
AND THE CODE OF JEWISH LAW
(1488-1575)
Dr Henry Abramson 2015 (48.35)

The author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, which is still authoritative for all Jews pertaining to their respective communities.  
He is often referred to as
HaMechaber (Hebrew: "The Author"‎) and as Maran (Aramaic: "Our Master").

RABBI ELIYAHU BE SHLOMO:  
THE VILNA GAON
(1720-1797)
Talmudic scholar better known as
The Vilna Gaon, is revered as the
father of traditional Lithuanian Judaism

RABBI MOSHE ISSERLES (THE REMA)
(1520-1574)
Dr Henry Abramson (6.11)

He became famous as a codifier, whose decision was the last word in Jewish law. His chief work in the field of Halacha (code) was a commentary on the Turim of Rabenu Yakov ben Asher entitled "Darkhe Moshe",
and his Mappah ("Table Cloth")
for the Shulchan Aruch ("Prepared Table")
by his contemporary Rabbi Joseph Caro

RASHI, MAIMONIDES,
JOSEPH CARO

(8.39)

MELVYN BRAGG AND GUESTS DISCUSS
THE TIMES AND LEGACY OF  MAIMONIDES
(1135/1138 - 1204)
BBC     (42.15)

THE MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY
Dr Henry Abramson 2016 (44.11)
Brief overview of the controversy that surrounded the writings of
Rabbi Moses Maimonides.

RABBI SCHNEUR ZALMAN OF LIADI
(THE ALTER REBBE) OF CHANBAD
(1745-1812)

Dr Henry Abramson 2014 (59.18)

Author of the Tanya, a hugely influential 18th-century work of Jewish spirituality,
Rabbi Scheur Zalman of LIadi
is considered the founder of the Chabad (Lubavitch) movement.

THE BA’AL SHEM TOV
(1700-1760)
Dr Henry Abramson
2012 (1.00.09)

Israel ben Eliezer, widely regarded as the father of the Hasidic movement.

R. DAVID SINTZHEIM
(1745-1812)
Dr Henry Abramson 2016 (59.24)
 
Head of Napoleon's Grand Sanhedrin, respected Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva.
He created a political modus vivendi
for Jews in modern Europe.

RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLOV
(1772-1810)
Dr Henry Abramson 2015 (51.09)

One of the most creative, unusual, and controversial Hasidic leaders
Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav
(Nachman of Breslov)
continues to inspire generations of disciples

WHO WAS
RABBI YOSEF YITZCHAK SCHNEERSON?
Dr Henry Abramson 2015 (1.01.00)

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, also known as "Der Frierdiker Rebbe" (The Earlier Rebbe) to distinguish him from his successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was the sixth leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Living in tumultuous times, he shifted the center of the movement from its Eastern European origins to its current headquarters
in the United States

WHO WAS RABBI AKIVA?
ISRAEL: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
Dr. Abramson 2017 (1.00.31)
Certainly one of the greatest Rabbis of the entire Talmud, Akiva son of Joseph did not begin his study of Judaism before adulthood. His trajectory of incredible spiritual growth was punctuated by moments of great personal tragedy, and his martyrdom at the hands of the Romans after the failed second-century
Bar-Kochba revolt
has an enduring legacy in Jewish history.