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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Issachar Ibn Susan | יששכר אבן סוסאן
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Magid Mishneh | מגיד משנה
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Maharam of Rothenburg
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Meir ben Shimon ha-Meili | מאיר בן שמעון המעילי
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Menachem ben Chelbo | מנחם בן חלבו
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Moshe ben Chasdai Taku | משה בן חסדאי תקו
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Moshe ha-Goleh of Kiev | ר’ משה הגולה מקייב
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Natan ben Avraham II | נתן בן אברהם השני
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Or Zarua | אור זרוע
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Raavad | ראב”ד