Moshe ben Chasdai Taku | משה בן חסדאי תקו

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R. Moshe ben Chasdai Taku, 13th century, author of Ketav Tamim, a unique work among Rishonim though one likely representative of a major strain of Ashkenazi thought:

Ready for a Sunday hangout with an underappreciated medieval rabbi? (I am so ready.)

EE Urbach describes him as “revealing to us a bit of his personality as a man resolute in his opinion with a sharp (charif) manner.”

Yes, it’s the one…the only…R’ Moshe ben Chasdai Taku. pic.twitter.com/h2H32SKLFN

— Dr. Tamar Marvin (@tamar_marvin) December 27, 2021