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Zakhor
HistoryFigurec. 960-1040

רבנו גרשום

Region: Allemagne

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Nicknamed "Light of the Exile" (Meor ha-Golah), he imposed revolutionary decrees (taqqanot) on Ashkenazi Judaism: the prohibition of polygamy, the prohibition of reading another's mail, and protection of the woman in divorce. Founder of the Rhineland talmudic school.

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