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Jacob ben Judah Landau
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Jacob ben Judah Landau (died 1493) ( ) was a German - Italian rabbi and halakhic codifier who lived in the second half of the 15th century.1 His father was one of the chief authorities on the Talmud in Germany; hundreds of Talmudists, among them naturally his son, were his pupils.2
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german - italian rabbi and halakhic codifier
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