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Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi ( Hebrew: יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי, romanized : Yōnā bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī, lit. 'Jonah son of Abraham the Gironan '; died 1264), [1] also known as Jonah of Girona and Rabbeinu Yonah ( רבינו יונה ), was a Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of Nahmanides.
Gerona, a small city in Catalonia, Spain, was known as a "mother-city in Israel ," because it was the birth place of some of the greatest Jewish scholars in the Diaspora, whose writings and teachings still serve as beacons of light.
Yonah Gerondi (Rabbeinu Yonah) was a Spanish rabbi, talmudist, and ethicist. His best-known work is Sha'arei Teshuvah (Gates of Repentance), a comprehensive work on repentance. He also wrote chiddushim (talmudic novellae) on a number of tractates, quoted by contemporaries and later authors.
JONAH BEN ABRAHAM GERONDI (c. 1200–1263), Spanish rabbi, author, and moralist. In his youth Gerondi studied in the French yeshivot under Moses b. Shneur and his brother *Samuel of Evreux, and later under *Solomon b. Abraham of Montpellier.
Yonah Gerondi (Rabbeinu Yonah) was a Spanish rabbi, Talmudist and ethicist. His best-known work is Sha'arei Teshuva, a comprehensive work on repentance. He also wrote chiddushim (Talmudic novellae) on a number of tractates, quoted by contemporaries and later authors.
Author: Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi Composed : c.1200 – c.1260 CE A commentary by the author of Shaarei Teshuvah focusing on the ethical and religious teachings learned from Pirkei Avot.
Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona. (1180 – 1263) Popularly known as Rabbeinu Yonah. Ethicist, author of Shaarei Teshuvah. A disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Montpelier, Rabbi Yonah was one of the most active participants in the controversy instigated by his teacher over Rambam 's philosophical works.
