Eliezer ben nathan biography of martin
After being adopted by the community, he was educated in the village Jewish school.
Eliezar Ben Nathan was born in Mainz around the year , shortly before the first Crusade....
Eliezer ben Nathan
French Tosafist
Eliezer ben Nathan | |
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Title page of the Prague (1610) first edition. | |
Born | 1090 |
Died | 1170 |
Other names | הראב"ן |
Eliezer ben Nathan (Hebrew: אליעזר בן נתן) of Mainz (1090–1170), or Ra'avan (ראב"ן), was a halakist and liturgical poet.
As an early Rishon, he was a contemporary of the Rashbam and Rabbeinu Tam, and one of the earliest of the Tosafists. He was the son-in-law of Eliakim b. Joseph of Mainz, a fellow student of Rashi. Through his four daughters Eliezer became the ancestor of several learned families which exerted a great influence upon religious life in the subsequent centuries.
There was once a story about Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus.One of his great-grandsons was Asher b. Jehiel (ROSH), father of R. Jacob, author of the Ṭurim.
In or around 1160, a synod was held in Troyes as part of the Takkanot Shum. This synod was led by Rabbeinu Tam, his brother, Rashbam, and Ra'avan.
Over 250 rabbis from communities all over France attended as well. A number of c