Judah halevi biography for kids

Spanish philosopher, poet and physician (c.

Judah Halevi (before –), Hebrew poet, philosopher, and physician.

Judah Ha-Levi, Yehudah Halevi, (Judah Ha-Levi) was a Jewish physician, poet and philosopher.

Little is known of his life and personal history, for he left no actual record of his life.

Yehuda Levi (Hebrew: יהודה לוי; born June 29, ) is an Israeli actor, model and TV presenter.

Hillel Halkin, one of the leading contemporary writers on Jewish poetry and the biographer of Halevi, discusses Halevi's youthful poetry in this article in.

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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.

– ) was a Sephardic Jewish poet, physician and philosopher. He was born in Al-Andalus, either in Toledo or Tudela, in ^[6] He is thought to have died in , 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 and ^[8] The confusion surrounding his place of birth arises from unclear te