Yosef ben Benbenisti Ha-Levi

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• Også kaldet: Yosef Halevi

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Fødsel:
Loren skriver: Horowitz, Böhmen, Tjekkiet, men det giver ikke geografisk mening. Corets Tortosa er derfor valgt.

Død:
Loren skriver d. i Ungarn
Coret skriver 1255, Loren 1260

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Clara bat Asher Beneviste. Clara (datter af Asher ben Meshulam) blev født cirka 1188; døde i 1260. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Pinchas Halevi blev født i 1213 i Barcelona, Catalonia, Spanien; døde i 1280 i Barcelona, Catalonia, Spanien.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Også kaldet: BenB'nashti HA'LEVI
• Også kaldet: Benbenisti HALEVI

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Også kaldet: Josef HALEVI
• Også kaldet: Yosef Hanassi Ben-Zerahya Halevi

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Også kaldet: Zarachia HaLevi HITZHARI
• Også kaldet: Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona
• Også kaldet: Zerahya Halevi

Notater:

Levned:
Zerachiah was born into a Rabbinic family called Yitzhari of Girona. His father was Isaac Ha-Levi, a Talmudic scholar in Provence, and the son of Zerachiah Ha-Levi, his namesake. The elder Zerachiah was a son of Shem Tov Ha-Levi, one of the greatest Talmudic scholars in Provence, who claimed direct descent of the prophet Samuel, who according to Jewish tradition was a direct descendant of Yitzhar (hence the family name "Ha-Yitzhari"), son of Kehath, son of Levi, son of Jacob.
In his youth, Zerachiah moved to Provence and studied with the Talmudic scholars of Narbonne (one of them was the famous Moshe ben Yosef). At the age of 19 he wrote a piyyut in Aramaic and devoted himself to halakhic problems. For many years thereafter he lived in Lunel (studying with Meshullam of Lunel), but the conflicts, disputes and quarrels constantly splitting the community forced him to leave.
Zerachiah was not only a thorough Talmudist of great erudition, with an analytic and synthetic mind, but he was also deeply versed in Arabic literature, in philosophy, and in astronomy, and was, also, a gifted poet, combining elegance of style with elevation of sentiment. Judah Ben Saul Ibn Tibbon said of Zerachiah: "he was unique in his generation and wiser than I", and praised him for his elaborate style of writing. Jehudah Ibn Tibbon sent his son Samuel ibn Tibbon to study with Zerachiah.