Jacob of Chinon
13th-century French Tosafist
About Jacob of Chinon
Rabbi Jacob of Chinon also known as Rav Tam of Chinon (Hebrew: רב יעקב ×ž×§×™× ×•×Ÿ; –1260) was a 13th-century French Tosafist from Chinon. He was a pupil of Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre and a teacher of Perez of Corbeil. Mordechai ben Hillel mentions that Jacob wrote "Shitá¹ah", a commentary on the Talmudic tractate, Sanhedrin. Besides that Rabbi Jacob is known for several of his tosafot.
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13th-century French Tosafist
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