Ibn Jama | שמואל אבן ג’אמע

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R. Shmuel ben Yaakov Ibn Jama, a polymath from Gabès (in today’s Tunisia), 12th century:

Squeezing in an evening cup of tea with our obscure rabbi of the week on (yet another) busy Sunday – say hi R. Shmuel ben Yaakov Ibn Jama

Scion of a learned family in Gabès, Tunisia, his story shows us the interconnections between Mediterranean Jewish communities in the 12th cen pic.twitter.com/QZNQghergm
— Dr. Tamar Marvin (@tamar_marvin) January 10, 2022