Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french rabbi”. Today it says “french rabbi and tosafist of the first half of the 13th century”.
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Judah of Melun was a French rabbi and tosafist of the first half of the 13th century. He was the son of the tosafist David of Melun (from the area of Seine-et-Marne ). In Perez of Corbeil 's tosafot to Baba Ḳamma (ed. He was one of the four rabbis who defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin in the public disputation at Paris in 1240. Simcha Emmanuel suggested identifying him with "Judah of Metz " and "Judah of Meish ( Meaux )", individuals mentioned in contemporaneous sources, and suggested the versions 'Metz' and 'Melun' were scribal errors, given that a tombstone of 'Baruch, son of our teacher Judah of Meiush' had been discovered in Orléans . Judah of Metz (or Meaux)'s most notable student was the tosafist Avigdor son of Menahem.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Judah of Melun was a French rabbi, a tosafist of the first half of the thirteenth century; he was son of the tosafist David of Melun (from the area of Seine-et-Marne ). In Perez of Corbeil 's tosafot to Baba Ḳamma (ed.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Judah of Melun was a French rabbi, a tosafist of the first half of the 13th century; he was son of the tosafist David of Melun (from the area of Seine-et-Marne ). In Perez of Corbeil 's tosafot to Baba Ḳamma (ed.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Judah of Melun was a French rabbi and tosafist of the first half of the 13th century. He was son of the tosafist David of Melun (from the area of Seine-et-Marne ). In Perez of Corbeil 's tosafot to Baba Ḳamma (ed.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Judah of Melun was a French rabbi and tosafist of the first half of the 13th century. He was the son of the tosafist David of Melun (from the area of Seine-et-Marne ). In Perez of Corbeil 's tosafot to Baba Ḳamma (ed.
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french rabbi
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french rabbi and tosafist of the first half of the 13th century
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