Every Sunday (almost!) I post a thread on Twitter about the work and impact of a figure from Jewish history. Here you can explore the threads I’ve done by different subject areas; I add them as I write them. Bite-sized stories about rabbis, philosophers, poets, and mystics.
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Ashkenaz | Sefarad | Talmud Commentary | Torah Commentary | Halacha | Jewish Thought | Piyut & Poetry
Alphabetical Index
Sefarad & Mizrach
Includes Iberia (Spain, Portugal), the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), Egypt, Eretz Yisrael, Syria, Bavel (Iraq), Persia (Iran), Yemen (Teiman), Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Greece, and Balkans.
Talmud Commentary
Torah Commentary
Halachic Literature
Jewish Thought
Piyut, Poetry & Literature
Alphabetical Index of Threads
Listed by acronym (if applicable) or first name
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Alexander Suslin | אלכסנדר זוסלין הכהן
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Avraham & Estellina Conat | אברהם ואסטלינה כונת
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Avraham ben Azriel of Bohemia | אברהם ב”ר עזריאל
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Ben Naftali (the Masorete) | בן נפתלי (בעל המסורה)
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Berechia ha-Nakdan | ברכיה הנקדן
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Chaim Ibn Vivas | חיים אבן ביבש
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ha-Meiri | ר’ מנחם המאירי
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Hillel ben Eliakim | רבנו הלל בן אליקים
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Ibn Ezra | ראב”ע – ר’ אברהם אבן עזרא
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Ibn Jama | שמואל אבן ג’אמע