Moses of London (died 1268), was a thirteenth-century English grammarian,
halakhist
''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...
and Jewish scholar in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. His ''Darkhe ha-Nikkud veha-Neginah'' is a treatise on Hebrew punctuation and accentuation.
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– Moses of London ( fl. 13th cent.)
He was a descendant of Moses of Bristol, himself a descendant of Rabbi Simeon the Great of Mainz. His sons were Eliyahu Menachem of London, who was also a physician, and Hagin ben Moses.
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13th-century English rabbis
Rabbis from London
Medieval Hebraists
Grammarians of Hebrew
English Orthodox Jews
1268 deaths