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Rishonim, Persecution, and Exile

1040 - 1492

Despite persecution, hundreds of rabbanim published commentaries to the Torah, Talmud, and books of Jewish philosophy, as well as books of their own. Noted rabbanim of this time are Rashi, Rambam and Ramban.

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By Unknown Miniaturist, French (active c. 1235) - Psalter of Blanche of Castile, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79184945

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