Majorcan physician who fled to Algiers in 1391 and succeeded the Rivash as its rabbi. His Tashbetz responsa set the course of North African halakha, and the Duran family led Algiers Jewry for generations.
ר' שמעון בן צמח דוראן (הרשב"ץ)
Rabbi, physician and philosopher · 1361–1444
Majorcan physician who fled to Algiers in 1391 and succeeded the Rivash as its rabbi. His Tashbetz responsa set the course of North African halakha, and the Duran family led Algiers Jewry for generations.
