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February 1, 2023

The Rabbi Who Tried to Cancel Maimonides—and Then Repented

Jonah of Girona.

The author of a much-studied, psychologically penetrating exposition on repentance, as well as important talmudic commentaries, Jonah ben Abraham of Girona (ca. 1200–1263) is known to posterity as Rabbeinu Yonah—not simply Rabbi Jonah, but our teacher Jonah. Tamar Marvin describes his legacy:

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February 1, 2023

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