OLIVEYRA, SOLOMON BEN DAVID DE — (d. 1708), rabbi, philologist, and poet. Oliveyra was born in Lisbon, but lived in Amsterdam where he served as teacher of the Keter Torah association and as a member of the rabbinical council, over which he presided after the death of jacob… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier — Solomon ben Abraham ben Samuel (in Hebrew, Shlomo ben Avraham ben Shmuel ) was a Provençal rabbi and Talmudist of the first half of the thirteenth century. He was rabbi at Montpellier, and leader of the movement against Maimonides. When ibn… … Wikipedia
SOLOMON BEN ABRAHAM OF MONTPELLIER — (13th century), talmudic scholar, initiator of the Maimonidean controversy that took place in the third decade of the 13th century (see maimonidean controversy and criticism ). While he admired Maimonides as a talmudist and always spoke of him… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Solomon ben Elijah Sharbit — Ha Zahab was a Jewish astronomer, poet, and grammarian; he lived at Salonica and later at Ephesus, in the second half of the fourteenth century. Moritz Steinschneider supposes that the name Sharbiṭ ha Zahab is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek… … Wikipedia
SOLOMON BEN ḤASDAI — SOLOMON BEN ḤASDAI, exilarch in Babylonia, 733–c. 759, grandson of the exilarch bustanai . Solomon was a scholar and leader. During his period of office he appointed three geonim to the academies of sura and pumbedita ; one of these was his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SOLOMON BEN ELIJAH HA-KOHEN — (late 11th and early 12th century), founder of an academy in damascus in the early 12th century. His father, the gaon elijah b. solomon (d. 1083), was head of the Palestinian academy in Tyre. Elijah appointed his elder son, ABIATHAR, as his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Solomon ben Simon Duran — (c. 1400 ndash; 1467) (Hebrew: שלמה בן שמעון דוראן), known as Rashbash, was a medieval rabbi with antagonistic views towards the Kabbalah, and the son and successor of Simon ben Zemah Duran.Solomon was born in Algiers, and in his youth became… … Wikipedia
Solomon ben Hasdai — was the son of Hasdai ben Hezekiah. He was the tenth Karaite exilarch of the house of Anan ben David, and the last of Anan s descendants to be regarded by the Karaites as their nasi. During his reign many Karaite communities were destroyed by the … Wikipedia
Solomon ben Adret — Salomon ben Aderet Rabbi Chelomo ben Aderet (1235 1310), plus connu sous son acronyme Rachba, fut rabbin, légaliste, banquier et talmudiste fort renommé. Il est né à Barcelone en 1235, et eut pour maître le Ramban et Rabbenou Yona, avant de… … Wikipédia en Français
HEZEKIAH BEN DAVID — (d. c. 1058), exilarch and gaon. His grandfather Hezekiah b. Judah, a grandson of david b. zakkai , is also referred to as exilarch, although there is some doubt whether he actually held the position. Hezekiah b. David became exilarch after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
