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1
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What is Rashi’s full name

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Rav Shlomo Yitzchaki

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2
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Where did Rashi live?

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France

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3
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What was happening during Rashi’s time

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First crusade

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4
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Name a fact about Rashi

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His daughters wore tephilin

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5
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What type of commentary does Rashi offer?

A

Peshat

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What was the Radak’s full name?

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Rav Dovid Kimchi

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Where did the Radak live?

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France

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What was going on during the Radak’s time?

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the first crusades

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9
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A fact about Radak

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he died at 75

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10
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what type of commentary does Radak offer?

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logical; based on reasoning

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11
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What was the Ramban’s full name?

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Moshe ben nachman

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12
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What was going on during the Ramban’s time?

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Rambam controversy

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13
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Where did the Ramban live?

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Spain

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14
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What type of commentary does Ramban offer?

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Kabbalistic

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15
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A fact about Ramban

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He was a physician

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16
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What was the Ba’al ha turim’s name?

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Yaakov ben Asher

or the tur

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17
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Where did the tur live?

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Spain

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18
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Where did the Tur live?

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Spain

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19
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What was going on during the tur’s time?

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the rambam controversy

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20
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what kind of commentry did the tur give?

A

Specifics (numbers, gematria, spelling)

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21
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Name a fact about the tur

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He enjoyed traveling

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22
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What was the ralbag’s full name?

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Levi ben Gershon

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23
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Where did the ralbag live?

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France

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24
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What was going on during the ralbag’s time

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end of the crusades

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25
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name a fact about the ralbag

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he was called Leo Hebias by his chistian friends

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26
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What type of commentary did the ralbag give?

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Philosofical

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27
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What was the Abarbanel’s full name?

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Isaac Abarbanel

28
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Where was the Abarbanel from?

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Portugal

29
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What was going on during the abarbandel’s time?

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The spanish inquisition

30
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What type of commentary does the Abarbanel offer?

A

Philosofical

31
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Name a fact about the abarbanel

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He left spain 2 years before the inquisition

32
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What is the seforno’s full name?

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Ovadia ben Jacob seforno

33
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Where did the sefrono live?

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Italy

34
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Wha was going on at the seforno’s time?

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the spanish inquisition

35
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What is one detail about the seforno?

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his family was well known throughout italy

36
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What type of commentary did the seforno write?

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Peshat

37
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What is the full name of the ashlich?

A

Rabbit moshe Ashlich

38
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where did the ashlich live?

A

Tzfat

39
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What was going on in the ashlich’s time?

A

Death of martin luther

40
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A detail about ashlich

A

He was known as hakadosh

41
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What commentary does the ashlich offer?

A

Moral lessons to learn from

42
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What was the kli akar’s name?

A

Shlomo Efraim

43
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Where did the kli yakar live?

A

Poland

44
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What was going on during the kli yakar’s time?

A

Powers of the Dutch inquisition extends

45
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What commentary does the kil yakar offer?

A

Moral lessons

46
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Name a fact about the kli yakar

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he added shlomo to his name when he got sick

47
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What was the or hachaim’s name?

A

Chaim Ibn attar

48
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Where did the or hachaim live?

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morroco then israel

49
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What was going on during the or hachaim’s time?

A

The american revolution

50
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Name a fact about the or hachaim

A

He was sentenced to death by the sultan of morocco

51
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What type of commentary does the or hachaim offer?

A

Kabbalistic

52
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What is the metzudat Dovid’s name?

A

Dovid Altshuler

53
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where did the metzudat dovid live?

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Spain

54
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where did the metzudat dovid live?

A

Spain

55
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What was happening during the metzudat dovid’s time

A

French and american revolutions

56
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What type of commentary did the metzudat Dovid write?

A

Peshat and dictionary

57
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What was the malbim’s name?

A

Meyer

58
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Where did the malbim live?

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Eastern Europe

59
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What was going on during the malbim’s time?

A

American civil war

60
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What is a fun fact about malbim?

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He died on Rosh Hashanna

61
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What commentary does malbim offer?

A

Philosofical, nothing in the Torah is extra

62
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What is the Rambam’s full name?

A

Moshe Ben Maimon

63
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Where did Rambam live?

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Spain/egypt

64
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What type of commentary does Rambam offer?

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philosofical

65
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What was going on during the Rmabam’s time?

A

Muslims took power

66
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A fact about Rambam?

A

He was a doctor

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