Rabbi Yaakov ibn Habib

Rabbi and anthologist · c. 1445–1516

Sephardi · EstablishedExpulsion & Safed

Castilian rabbi who settled in Salonica after the Expulsion and compiled Ein Yaakov, the beloved collection of the Talmud's stories and teachings, completed by his son the Ralbah.

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