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''Rabbeinu'' Meshullam son of Jacob (or ''Meshullam HaKohen ben Ya'akov'') also known as ''Rabbeinu Meshullam hagodol'' (Rabbi Meshullem the great) was a Franco-Jewish
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ist of the twelfth century CE.Heinrich Graetz History of the Jews - Page 113 He led a Talmudic
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in Lunel which produced several famous scholars, and was an intimate friend of Abraham ben Isaac, ''Av
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'' of
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, who addressed to him several
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, and spoke of him in high terms. His Talmudic decisions are quoted in '' Sefer ha-Terumot.'' He was interested also in philosophy. According to R' Yehudah ibn Tibbon, whom he encouraged to translate Bahya ibn Paquda's ''Al-Hidayah ila Fara'id al-Qulub'' (
Chovot ha-Levavot ''Chovot HaLevavot'', or ''Ḥobot HaLebabot'' (; he, חובות הלבבות; English: ''Duties of the Hearts''), is the primary work of the Jewish rabbi, Bahya ibn Paquda, full name ''Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda''. Rabbi Ibn Paquda is believed ...
) into Hebrew, he wrote several works dealing with moral
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, advised and assisted other Jewish writers, and possessed a large library. R' Yehudah Ibn Tibbon never wearied of praising R' Meshullam's zeal in investigating the various branches of knowledge. R' Meshullam was the father of the renowned R' Asher ben Meshullam HaKohen. R' Meshullam's disciples include the Raavad and the '' Baal Hama'or''. R' Meshullam died in Lunel in 1170.


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* which cites: :* Henri Gross, ''Gallia Judaica'', p. 229. *Gitlitz, David M. & Linda Kay Davidson. “Pilgrimage and the Jews’’ (Westport: CT: Praeger, 2006), 43-. {{DEFAULTSORT:Meshullam Ben Jacob 1170 deaths 12th-century French rabbis French Orthodox rabbis People from Lunel Year of birth unknown