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The Ravan (Eliezer ben Nathan) Family
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(Ravan)
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Ravan (Eliezer ben Nathan) lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Rhenish Levite. Eliezer ben Nathan ha-Levi (acronym Ravan), rabbi of Mainz, wrote the Sefer Ravan, a chronicle and responsa on the Rhenish persecutions, including the First Crusade (1096).
Geographic origin: Mayence
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Notable figures
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Eliezer ben Nathan ha-Levi (Ravan)
Rabbin de Mayence, chroniqueur de la Première Croisade
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Ravan (Eliezer ben Nathan).
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Works & texts (2)
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XIIᵉ s.
Chronique des persécutions de 1096 (massacres rhénans de la Première Croisade)
Eliezer ben Nathan de Mayence
Chronique de Eliezer ben Nathan de Mayence. (XIIᵉ s.)
XIIᵉ s.
Even ha-Ezer (Sefer Raban)
Eliezer ben Nathan de Mayence
Responsa / recueil halakhique de Eliezer ben Nathan de Mayence. (XIIᵉ s.)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
Diaspora regions
Allemagne
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