The Rishonim: Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Early Rabbinic Sages and Leaders from the Tenth-fifteenth CenturiesBiographical sketches of 300 prominent 10th-15th-century Rabbinic sages and leaders such as Rashi, Rambam, R' Gershom Meor HaGolah. Traces the beginnings of Jewish communities in each part of the continents. |
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