ר' יצחק אבן גיאת

Rabbi Yitzchak ibn Ghayyat
Rishonim · c. 1050-1500 CE

רבי יצחק בן רבי יהודה אִבְּן גַיַאת היה מגדולי חכמי התורה בספרד בתקופת הראשונים, פוסק, ראש ישיבה, פרשן, ומשורר יהודי.

Isaac ben Judah ibn Ghayyat (1030/1038–1089), commonly mispronounced ibn Ghiyyat, was a rabbi, Biblical commentator, codifier of Jewish law, philosopher, and liturgical poet from al-Andalus. He was born and lived in the town of Lucena in the Taifa of Granada, where he headed a rabbinic academy. He died in Cordoba.

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

Reasoning · Bava Metzia

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A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…

Reasoning 3 min