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Bahya ben Asher
Rabbi and scholar of Judaism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Bahya ibn Paquda.
Bahya ben Asher ibn Halawa (בחיי בן אשר אבן חלואה, 1255–1340) was a rabbi and scholar of Judaism, best known as a commentator on the Hebrew Bible. He is one of two scholars now referred to as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda.
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