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which he began in 1204 and completed some years later. In its present form the book consists of two distinct portions, the first of which comprises a collection of responsa, compiled from his numerous written and oral decisions, some of the former of which still bear the usual epistolary conclusion:
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contributes considerably to the textual criticism of all of those works. It gives interesting and instructive details concerning special synagogical usages, personally observed by the author in northern
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upon the ritual for slaughtering animals for food, mention of which, however, is made by but one writer in 1467. Renan was mistaken in saying that this work is mentioned in
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109:"Shalom! A. B. N." (Greeting! Abraham ben Nathan). The second part contains extracts from the
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in 1204, where his learning quickly gained for him the favor of the rich and learned
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Reifmann, in
Magazin f. d. Wissensch. d. Jud. v. 60-67.
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sufficiently to translate into Hebrew a responsum by
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Abraham is said also to have written a work entitled
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211:refer, as may be seen from page 2b, line 6, to the
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259:During his long stay in Spain, Abraham learned
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443:, in the Zunz-Jubelschrift, pp. 122–137;
246:RABN wrote also a commentary on the tractate
16:12th/13th-century Provençal rabbi and scholar
188:nurses to the courtyard of the synagogue on
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72:In Lunel, Abraham may have studied under
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37:and scholar of the 12th-13th centuries.
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374:1865, pp. 149, 150, 157, 158
1221:Isaac ben Mordecai of Regensburg
415:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
391:
1226:Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg
104:), or as the author called it,
1614:Authors of books on Jewish law
1364:Moses ben Isaac ben ha-Nessiah
1210:Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg
1048:Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre
1043:Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre
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1083:Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise
978:Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans
834:Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne
621:Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon
290:
144:and most of the halakhic and
1568:Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi
1481:Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona
1180:Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin
939:Samson ben Joseph of Falaise
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40:
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1444:Isaiah di Trani the Younger
1088:Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon
840:Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyim
708:Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona
627:Meir ben Solomon Abi-Sahula
278:
125:, a relative of Abraham's.
10:
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1599:13th-century French rabbis
1594:12th-century French rabbis
1344:Eliyahu Menachem of London
1236:Eliezer ben Isaac ha-Gadol
1113:Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken
1058:Samson ben Abraham of Sens
822:David ben Levi of Narbonne
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1476:Moses ben Meir of Ferrara
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1093:Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils
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1553:Isaac ben Jacob ha-Lavan
1543:Isaac ben Samuel of Acre
1063:Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi
993:Haim ben Hananel HaCohen
961:Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
885:Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen
533:Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jam
1409:Avigdor Cohen of Vienna
1301:Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi
1246:Yehuda HaKohen ben Meir
1192:Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi
1136:Meshullam ben Kalonymus
412:The Jewish Encyclopedia
314:p. 43a, ed. Berlin
1609:French Orthodox rabbis
1281:Jacob ben Judah Landau
1276:Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi
1251:Meir ben Baruch Halevi
860:Abraham of Montpellier
731:Simeon ben Zemah Duran
383:ed. Berlin, p. 95
1496:Isaac ben Melchizedek
1491:Joseph Colon Trabotto
1176:(Maharam MeRotenberg)
836:(Raavad II, HaEshkol)
610:Isaac ben Moses Arama
538:Shemariah ben Elhanan
513:Chananel ben Chushiel
325:Les Rabbins Français,
209:sifri maḥaziq habedeq
1573:Nethanel ben Isaiah
1558:Nathan ben Abraham I
1450:Obadiah of Bertinoro
1168:Mordechai ben Hillel
1108:Shemaiah of Soissons
437:, pp. 521, 747;
435:Les Rabbins Français
407:"Abraham ben Nathan"
273:Ginzei Yerushalayim,
1462:(Shibbolei HaLeket)
1379:Berechiah de Nicole
1329:Aaron of Canterbury
1311:Isaac Asir HaTikvah
1286:Samuel ben Natronai
1241:Judah ben Kalonymus
1206:(Hagahot Maimuniot)
909:Rabbi Abin ha-Gadol
855:Asher ben Meshullam
850:Meshullam ben Jacob
810:Isaac ben Abba Mari
764:Judah ben Barzillai
427:, pp. 19b, 20;
323:p. 1b; Renan,
219:who is followed by
123:Isaac ben Abba Mari
1563:Hillel ben Eliakim
1533:Zerahiah the Greek
1527:Tobiah ben Eliezer
1399:(Terumat HaDeshen)
1231:Samson ben Eliezer
1186:Eliezer ben Nathan
1174:Meir of Rothenburg
1143:(Rabbeinu Gershom)
1118:Ephraim ben Samson
1038:Eliezer of Touques
949:Eliezer ben Samuel
944:Yom Tov of Falaise
816:Abraham ben Nathan
612:(Akeidat Yitzchak)
550:(except Catalonia)
94:Joseph ibn Shushan
84:at the academy of
20:Abraham ben Nathan
1619:People from Lunel
1581:
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1538:Isaac ben Dorbolo
1501:Judah Messer Leon
1486:Hillel ben Samuel
1432:Nathan ben Jehiel
1374:Yom Tov of Joigny
1261:Israel of Bamberg
1212:(Yehudah haHasid)
1141:Gershom ben Judah
1098:Menahem ben Helbo
1008:Peretz ben Elijah
988:Judah ben Yom Tov
919:List of Tosafists
902:(except Provence)
890:Jonathan of Lunel
880:Isaac of Narbonne
875:Samuel ibn Tibbon
787:Abraham ben David
725:Isaac ben Sheshet
696:Shlomo ibn Aderet
637:Maimon ben Joseph
632:Isaac ibn Ghiyyat
578:Joseph ibn Migash
523:Zechariah Aghmati
518:Dunash ben Labrat
417:Its bibliography:
138:Jewish literature
119:Isaac ibn Ghiyyat
74:Abraham ben David
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1455:Menahem Recanati
1397:Israel Isserlein
1291:Alexander Suslin
1216:Yaakov ben Yakar
1198:Eleazar of Worms
1156:Asher ben Jehiel
1147:Simeon bar Isaac
1078:Samuel of Évreux
1053:Baruch ben Isaac
1028:Samson of Chinon
1023:Jacob of Orléans
998:Yechiel of Paris
967:Judah ben Nathan
955:Isaac ben Samuel
934:Solomon ben Meir
845:Moshe ha-Darshan
828:Moses ben Joseph
782:Hachmei Provence
749:Azriel of Gerona
745:(Nimmukei Yosef)
743:Joseph ibn Habib
739:(Maggid Mishneh)
704:(Rabbeinu Yonah)
690:Nissim of Gerona
647:Abraham ibn Daud
616:Rabbenu Yerucham
590:Bahya ibn Paquda
572:Yom Tov Asevilli
567:Abraham ibn Ezra
528:Nissim ben Jacob
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