Rabbeinu Tam
Rabbeinu Jacob ben Meir Tam | |
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Artistic depiction by Meir Kunstadt (c. 1900) | |
| Title | Rabbeinu Tam |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1100 |
| Died | June 9, 1171 (aged 70–71) |
| Buried | Ramerupt |
| Spouse | Miriam bat Yosef |
| Parent(s) | Meir ben Shmuel and Yocheved bat Shlomo |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 [4 Tammuz]), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (Hebrew: רבינו תם), was a renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi, one of the French Tosafists, a leading authority on Halakha, and a grandson of Rashi. Known as Rabbeinu ('our teacher'), he acquired the Hebrew suffix "Tam" ('straightforward'); it was originally used in the Book of Genesis to describe his biblical namesake, Jacob.