Judah Halevi
Rabbi, Author
1075 – 1141
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Who was Judah Halevi?
Judah Halevi was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075 or 1086, and died shortly after arriving in Palestine in 1141. Halevi is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his religious and secular poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy. His greatest philosophical work was The Kuzari.
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- Born
- 1075
Tudela - Also known as
- Yehuda Halevi
- Judah ben Shmuel HaLevi
- Judah ha-Levi
- Judah
- Religion
- Sephardic Judaism
- Judaism
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Died
- 1141
Palestine
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on July 23, 2013
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