Jacob Berab, also spelled Berav or Bei-Rav, (b. Moqueda, nr. Toledo, Castilian Spain, 1474 - d. Safed, Ottoman sanjak of Safed, April 3, 1546), was an influential rabbi and talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce rabbinic ordination as a prelude to Jewish autonomy in Palestine.
Read more about Jacob Berab: Chosen Rabbi At Eighteen, Plan For Ordination, Ordination of 1538, Dispute With Ibn Habib
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