Samuel ben Isaac Ha-Sardi (
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: שמואל בן יצחק סרדי) was a Spanish rabbi who flourished in the first half of the 13th century. In his youth he attended the school of Rabbi
Nathan ben Meir
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of
Trinquetaille
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,
Provence
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, and later he returned to
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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, his native country.
David Conforte David Conforte (c. 1618 – c. 1685) () was a Hebrew literary historian born in Salonica, author of the literary chronicle known by the title ''Ḳore ha-Dorot.''
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Conforte came of a family of scholars. His early instructors were rabbis H ...
(''Ḳore ha-Dorot,'' p. 20a) derives the name "Sardi" from the city of
Sardinia
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.
Zacuto
Abraham Zacuto ( he, , translit=Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut, pt, Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto; 12 August 1452 – ) was a Castilian astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian who served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal.
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(''Yuḥasin,'' ed.
Filipowski, p. 221a) calls Samuel "Ha-Sefaradi"; so does Heilprin in ''Seder ha-Dorot,'' i.216b, 292a in the Warsaw edition of 1883, but in iii.108b of the Warsaw edition of 1882 he designates him "Ha-Sardi."
Samuel was a contemporary of
Nahmanides
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, whom he consulted on
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questions.
Solomon ben Abraham of
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, who in his implacable hatred of philosophy denounced the works of
Maimonides
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and appealed to the
Inquisition
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to burn them, wrote a letter to Samuel in which he speaks highly of his learning and reminds him of their friendly relations in their youth. This letter, one of the many that Solomon addressed to French and Spanish rabbis against Maimonides, was published by
Solomon Joachim Halberstam
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in Kobak's ''Jeschurun,'' viii.98.
Samuel wrote in 1225: ''Sefer ha-Terumot'' (ספר התרומות, sometimes abbreviated סה"ת) Salonica, 1596 and 1628; Prague, 1605, with
Azaria Piccio Azaria Piccio ( vec, Azarìa Piccio; he, עזריה בן אפרים פיגו, translit=Azarya ben Efrayim Figu; 1579–6 February 1647) was a Venetian Talmudist, ''sofer'' (scribe) and ''darshan'' (preacher) who served in the Jewish communities of ...
's commentary ''Giddule truma,'' Venice, 1643),