Questions tagged [avraham-ibn-ezra]
An important twelfth century Jewish grammarian, philosopher, poet, and exegete. Most famous for his Biblical commentaries.
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Did the Shadal use a razor to shave his beard?
I have heard that the Shadal used a razor to remove his beard, justifying it for himself through the Ibn Ezra's interpretation of Vayikra 19:27 that the prohibition would only be for shaving the beard ...
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According to Ibn Ezra should we not follow all the commandments?
In a question I asked (“Health benefits for eating kosher”), I wrote that ibn Ezra said that all the mitzvot have to have a rational explanation for them and if a single commandment went against ...
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Are Abraham Ibn Ezra and Moshe Ibn Ezra related? [closed]
Are these two figures of Jew tradition related, and if so, can anyone point me to any encyclopedia articles which deal with this question?
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Clarification on Ben Ezra's cancellation of the idea of grammatical gender
To continue the topic of "genders in Hebrew" I stumbled upon Torah Temima's commentary on the Posuk "דרך ילכו בה" and his citation of Ben Ezra:
"את הדרך ילכו בה.
[מכאן דדרך לשון נקבה] כטמדלא כתיב ...
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Sources of Ibn Ezra in England [closed]
I am looking for sources on ibn Ezra's travels and biography. In particular his visit or passage to England. Wiki states the he came to London and Oxford. Where would a more authentic source be found?
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Fourth Kingdom is Aram/Yishmael
Someone pointed out to me the commentary of Ibn Ezra to Daniel 2:39. In that verse Daniel is understood to be describing the ארבע מלכיות or the four kingdoms. I always understood these four kingdoms ...
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Ibn Ezra: Moshe = Monius?
Ibn Ezra in his commentary to Shemos 2:10 says that the name Moshe was a translation of the Egyptian "Monius". I have, then, two questions:
1) Where does he get that his name was that? And 2) how is ...
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Harsh Critiques by Ibn Ezra [closed]
Can we attempt to compile a list of the sharp responses and lines by the Ibn Ezra throughout Tanach? These are valuable (to me, anyways) for a couple of reasons:
Understanding what Ibn Ezra thought ...
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Finding a source for a palindrome attributed to Ibn Ezra
There is a phrase that is popularly attributed to Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra. Apparently, it relates to a sugya in Hullin that concerns the permissibility of eating honey in which the legs of bees might ...
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Shabbos sent a letter to Ibn Ezra
I heard in a shiur that Shabbos sent a letter to Ibn Ezra. Can anyone find the text of the letter or if it exists, and/or summarize it and find out who the source for this legend is?
