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Judah Halevi
Spanish philosopher, poet and physician (c. 1075–1141)
Judah haLevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; Hebrew: יהודה בן שמואל הלוי, romanized: Yəhūḏā ben Šəmūʾēl halLēvī; Arabic: أبو الحسن يهوذا اللاوي, romanized: Abū-l-Ḥasan Yahūḏa al-Lāwī;[4][5] c.
1075 – 1141) was a Sephardic Jewish poet, physician and philosopher. He was born in Al-Andalus, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075.[6] He is thought to have died in 1141, in either Jerusalem, at that point the CrusaderKingdom of Jerusalem, or in Alexandria, Fatimid Egypt.[6]
Halevi is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his secular and religious poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy.
His most famous philosophical work is the Kuzari.[7]
Biography
Judah ben Samuel ha-Levi was born either in Toledo or Tudela, both then under Almoravid rule, between 1075 and 1080.[8] The confusion surroun