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1st Adar 2/26/2020
Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra
Bible commentator, astrologer, translator from Arabic into Hebrew, grammarian, philosopher, poet.
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1st Adar 2/26/2020
Rabbi Shabbatai HaKohen
Rabbi Shabbatai ben Meir HaKohen (Hebrew: שבתי בן מאיר הכהן; 1621–1662) was a noted 17th century talmudist and halakhist. He became known as the Shakh (Hebrew: ש"ך), which is an abbreviation of his most important work, Siftei Kohen (Hebrew: שפתי כהן) (literally Lips of the Priest), and his rulings were considered authoritative by later halakhists
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2nd Adar 2/27/2020
Rabbi Yisrael (ben Avraham Mordechai) Alter
Yisrael Alter, (Polish: Izrael Alter, Hebrew: ישראל אלתר; October 1895 – 20 February 1977), also known as the Beis Yisroel after the works he authored, was the fifth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1948 until 1977.
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2nd Adar 2/27/2020
Rabbi Meir Paprish
Kabbalist