Great Scholars
This wandering sage was a great commentator and poet
Who is Ibn Ezra?
This is the part of the Talmud that explains the Mishnah
What is the Gemara?
These are the rules of language
What is Grammar?
This city was a major center of Jewish learning in Spain
What is Lucena?
These are poems expressing love for Eretz Yisrael
What are Tzionim?
This scholar began organizing halacha from the Gemara
Who is the Rif?
This is Jewish law
What is Halacha?
This means to explain a text
What is Commentary?
This person became Rosh Yeshiva after the Rif
Who is Ri Migash?
This is a philosophical book written by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi
What is Kuzari?
This group includes early Torah scholars before 1500
Who are the Rishonim?
This is the head of a yeshiva
What is a Rosh Yeshiva?
This means using logic and reasoning
What is Rational Thinking?
This scholar was known as the “Wandering Sage”
Who is Ibn Ezra?
This is writing that expresses ideas creatively
What is Poetry?
This scholar was a student of the Rif and a great leader
Who is the Ri Migash?
These are the Rabbis of the Talmud
What is Chazal?
This means to organize laws clearly
What is Codify?
This place is where Ibn Ezra traveled from
What is Spain?
This refers to friendship and trust between people
What is Camaraderie?
This category of scholars includes figures like the Rif and Ibn Ezra
Who Are the Rishonim?
This is the Hebrew Torah
What is Tanakh?
This describes a scholar who travels place to place
What is Wandering Sage?
This scholar influenced many students in Lucena
Who is the Rif?
This explains a text and helps understand it
What is Commentary?