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Rashi, or Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (1040–1105), was an outstanding commentator on the Tanakh and Talmud, a spiritual leader and public figure among the Jews of Northern France.

Rambam (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, or Maimonides; 1138–1204) was a prominent Jewish philosopher, rabbi, physician, and scholar, codifying the laws of the Torah. This book, which recounts Rambam’s life, is based on documentary evidence about him and the great thinker’s letters to his brother, friends, and students, miraculously preserved in the Cairo Geniza.

Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, or Nachmanides; 1194-1270) was a great medieval scholar, Talmudist, religious philosopher, and Kabbalist. He was one of the most significant commentators on the Torah. He took part in a controversial philosophical debate forced on the Jews by Christians. Soon after winning the debate, Ramban was forced to flee from the Dominicans, who did not forgive the impudent Jew for their public defeat.