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Leonte (Judah) ben Moses

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Roman rabbi; died in 1216. In the name of the community of Rome he sent a halakic decision to Judah ben Kalonymus of Speyer for approval("Shibbole ha-Leḳeṭ," 2:75; comp. Buber's introduction, note 87). The Roman manuscript Maḥzor contains eleven seliḥot which bear the signature of Leonte. One of these, beginning with , for the seventeenth day of Tammuz, is included in the Roman printed Maḥzor.

Bibliography:
  • Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, p. 68;
  • Zunz, Literaturgesch. p. 314;
  • Vogelstein and Rieger, Gesch. der Juden in 1:372.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Leonte (Judah) ben Moses'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​l/leonte-judah-ben-moses.html. 1901.
 
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