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2 unusual facts about Jacob ben Abraham Kahana


Jacob ben Abraham Kahana

The work is divided into three parts, the first consisting of novellæ on the Gemara, the second of novellæ on the Tosefta, and the third of novellæ on the corresponding tractates in the Yerushalmi.

Jacob was the son-in-law of Rabbi Issachar of Vilna, brother of the Vilna Gaon.



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