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| Rabbi Yitzchak al Fasi; 1013-1103: Morocco; taught by Rabbenu Chananel, Kairouan, Tunisia; wrote Sefer Ha-halachot. |
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| Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon; 1135-1204: Spain, Morocco, Egypt; taught by his father who had studied under R' Yosef ibn Migash who had studied under the RIF; wrote the Mishneh Torah. |
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| Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel/Rabbenu Asher; 1250/9-1328: Toledo, Spain; taught by the Maharam (Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg); wrote the Commentary on the Talmud. |
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| Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher; 1270-1340: Toledo, Spain; taught by his father and his older brother; wrote the Arba'ah Turim. |
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| Rabbi Yosef Karo; 1488-1575: Spain, Portugal, Zefat; taught by his father; wrote the Beit Yosef and the Shulchan Aruch. |
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| Rabbi Moshe Isserles; 1520-1572; Cracow, Poland; taught by R' Shalom Sachna; wrote Hamapa. |
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| Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan; 1838-1933: Belarus, Poland, Belarus; wrote the Mishnah Berura (six volume commentary on the Orach Chayim section of the Shulchan Aruch). |
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