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Bahya Ben Asher

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Gender Female
Born Zaragoza
Spain
Buried Rachel's Tomb
BooksEncyclopedia of Torah Thoughts
Thoughts for Yom Kippur
Thoughts for Rosh Hashonoh . . .
Place of burial Rachel's Tomb
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Date of Upd.
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Bahya Ben Asher Life story


Bahya ben Asher ibn Halawa was a rabbi and scholar of Judaism. He was a commentator on the Hebrew Bible. He was one of two people now known as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda. He is considered by Jewish scholars to be one of the most distinguished of the biblical exegetes of Spain.

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