Nathan Najar was rabbi at
Constantine, Algeria
Constantine (), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria. During Roman times it was called Cirta and was renamed "Constantina" in honour of Emperor Constantine the Great. Located somewh ...
, in the 15th century, son of
Maimun Najar
Maimun Najar was a rabbi at Constantine, Algeria, in the first half of the 15th century.
Life and work
Like his contemporaries and countrymen Isaac ben Sheshet and Simon ben Ẓemaḥ Duran, he left Spain in consequence of the persecutions and ...
, and a contemporary of
Solomon ben Simon Duran. The latter addressed to him a letter, which, together with Najar's answer, is found in
Israel Akrish's ''Ḳobeẓ Wikkuḥim'', and is reprinted, with corrections and index of passages, in ''Kerem Ḥemed,'' ix. 110 et seq.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' i.104, No. 32, Warsaw, 1876;
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Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii.12;
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Grätz, Gesch.
Heinrich Graetz (; 31 October 1817 – 7 September 1891) was a German exegete and one of the first historians to write a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective.
Born Tzvi Hirsch Graetz to a butcher family in Xions (no ...
vii.502.
External links
Jewish Encyclopedia article on NAJARA
References
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Algerian rabbis
Jews and Judaism in Constantine
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
15th-century Algerian rabbis
People from Constantine, Algeria