The Ran (Rabbenu Nissim of Girona)

רבנו נסים בן ראובן גירונדי (הר"ן)

Rabbi, judge and physician · c. 1320–c. 1376

Sephardi · EstablishedChristian Iberia

Leading sage of fourteenth-century Barcelona, best known for his commentary on the Rif, printed alongside the Talmud. His teachers' line ran back to the Rashba, and his students included the Rivash and Hasdai Crescas.

The medieval Jewish quarter (Call) of Girona
The medieval Jewish quarter (Call) of Girona. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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