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          Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona

          12th century Catalonian rabbi and poet

          Zerachiah ben Isaac ha-Levi Gerondi (Hebrew: זרחיה הלוי), called the ReZaH, RaZBI or Baal Ha-Maor (author of the book Ha-Maor) was born about 1115 in the town of Gerona, Catalonia, Spain – hence the name Gerondi – and died after 1186 in Lunel.

          Seven hundred years ago, in an era of greatness, he was a Torah giant.

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          6. He was a famous rabbi, Torah and Talmud commentator and a poet.

          Biography

          Zerachiah was born into a Rabbinic family called Yitzhari of Gerona. His father was Isaac Ha-Levi, a Talmudic scholar in Provence, and the son of Zerachiah Ha-Levi, his namesake.

          The elder Zerachiah was a son of Shem Tov Ha-Levi, one of the greatest Talmudic scholars in Provence, who claimed direct descent of the prophet Samuel, who according to Jewish tradition was a direct descendant of Yitzhar (hence the family name "Ha-Yitzhari"), son of Kehath, son of Levi, son of Jacob.

          In his youth, Zerachiah moved to Provence and studied with the Talmudic scholars of Narbonne (one of them wa