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The opening as it read in 2015
Ribi Ya'aqob ben Reuben ibn Sur was a Talmudist and rabbi of Fez . He was born in the latter part of the seventeenth century and died after 1750. That his reputation as a Talmudist stood high is apparent in the responsa ( Kerem Hemer , 1871) of Abraham Ankava , where he is quoted as an authority recognized by all Moroccan Jewish communities . Ribi ibn Sur was the author of the following works, still extant in manuscript: "Hiddushim u-Derushim," casuistic and homiletic notes ("Cat. No. 261); Leshon Limmudim , collection of epistles signed ( = J[acob] b[en] Z[ur]; Steinschneider, "Cat. Jacob was also a liturgical poet, and wrote many dirges on the destruction of the Temple which were incorporated in the " Kinot " for Tisha b'Av in use among the Moroccan Jews; and his name occurs in the approbations to various Talmudical works, the last of which is dated 1750.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jacob ben Reuben ibn Zur was a Talmudist and rabbi of Fez . He was born in the latter part of the seventeenth century and died after 1750. That his reputation as a Talmudist stood high is apparent in the responsa ( Kerem Hemed , 1871) of Abraham Ankava , where he is quoted as an authority recognized by all Moroccan Jewish communities . Jacob was the author of the following works, still extant in manuscript: "Hiddushim u-Derushim," casuistic and homiletic notes ("Cat. No. 261); Leshon Limmudim , collection of epistles signed ( = J[acob] b[en] Z[ur]; Steinschneider, "Cat. Jacob was also a liturgical poet, and wrote many dirges on the destruction of the Temple which were incorporated in the " Kinot " for Tisha b'Av in use among the Moroccan Jews; and his name occurs in the approbations to various Talmudical works, the last of which is dated 1750.
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Jacob ben Reuben ibn Ẓur or Jacob Abensur (1673 – 1753) was a poet, scholar and leading Moroccan rabbi of the 18th century.
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Moroccan rabbi, poet and scholar Jacob ben Reuben ibn Ẓur or Jacob Abensur (1673 – 1753) was a poet, scholar and leading Moroccan rabbi of the 18th century.
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talmudist and rabbi of fez
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poet
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