The rationalistic method pursued by the new school of Maimonists ( including Levi ben Abraham ben Chayyim of Villefranche, near the town of Perpignan, and Jacob Anatolio ) especially provoked his indignation ; for the sermons preached and the works published by them seemed to resolve the entire Scriptures into allegory and threatened to undermine the Jewish faith and the observance of the Law and tradition.

The philosopher and astronomer Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra ( c. 1140 ) established the symmetry of binomial coefficients, while a closed formula was obtained later by the talmudist and mathematician Levi ben Gerson ( better known as Gersonides ), in 1321.

It was paid for and made by Yom-Tob ben Levi Athias ( the Spanish Marrano Jerónimo de Vargas, as typographer ) and Abraham ben Salomon Usque ( the Portuguese Jew Duarte Pinhel, as translator ), and was dedicated to Ercole II d ' Este.

These early attempts at challenging the fifth postulate had a considerable influence on its development among later European geometers, including Witelo, Levi ben Gerson, Alfonso, John Wallis and Saccheri.

:" The view that God does not have foreknowledge of moral decisions which was advanced by ibn Daud and Gersonides ( Levi ben Gershom ) is not quite as isolated as Rabbi Bleich indicates, and it enjoys the support of two highly respected Achronim, Rabbi Yeshayahu Horowitz ( Shelah haKadosh ) and Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar ( Or haHayim haKadosh ).

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* Joshua ben Levi ( early 3rd century ), headed the school of Lod.

There is also a disagreement among classical rabbinical writers as to when the manna ceased, particularly in regard to whether it remained after the death of Moses for a further 40 days, 70 days, or 14 years ; indeed, according to Joshua ben Levi, the manna ceased to appear at the moment that Moses died.

; 1300: Rabbi Levi ben Gershom, aka Gersonides.

This announcement was introduced by Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg ( late 13th century ), and endorsed by the Maharil ( Rabbi Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin, early 15th century ).

Rabbi Levi ben Gershon was a student of his father Gerson ben Solomon of Arles, who in turn was a student of Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera.

He was a student of Levi Ibn Habib, who was in turn a student of Jacob ibn Habib, who was, in turn, a student of Nissim ben Reuben.

Originally this enactment was for the 14th of Adar only ; later, however, Rabbi Joshua ben Levi ( 3rd century CE ) prescribed that the Megillah should also be read on the eve of Purim.

: Rabbi Alexandri said in the name of Rabi Yehoshua ben Levi: One who has prayed should take three steps backward and afterwards pray for peace.

It is said that he introduced the cross-staff to Portugal ( an invention first described by the Spanish Jew Levi ben Gerson in the 14th century ), but this is a matter of some controversy.

* Joshua ben Levi, Talmudic Sage

Judah must have possessed an attractive personality ; for there gathered about him as friends, even in his earliest youth, a large number of illustrious men, like Levi al-Tabban of Zaragoza, the aged poet Judah ben Abun, Judah ibn Ghayyat of Granada, Moses ibn Ezra and his brothers Judah, Joseph, and Isaac, the vizier Abu al-Hasan, Meïr ibn Kamnial, the physician and poet Solomon ben Mu ' allam of Seville, besides his schoolmates Joseph ibn Migas and Baruch Albalia.

In the Book of Genesis, Levi is described as having fathered three sons — Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

For the son of Levi, see Gershon.

* Levi ben Gershon ( Gersonides ) ( 1288-1334 )

The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous Gershon, a son of Levi, although biblical scholars regard this as a postdictional metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the clan to others in the Israelite confederation ; according to biblical scholars, Levite was originally just a job title, deriving from the Minaean word lawi ' u meaning priest, rather than having been the name of a tribe

According to the Torah, Gershon () was the eldest of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times.

Some rabbinical authorities, followed by some Church Fathers, interpreted " semikah " as meaning that the sacrificer, by laying his hands upon the animal transferred his sins to it, and imposed upon it the punishment which his conduct had merited ( Sforno on Leviticus i. 5 ; Levi beb Gershon on Leviticus i. 4 ).

* S. Gershon Levi, 1965 – 1969

* The second son of Gershon and grandson of Levi ( Ex.

Discussions on astronomical points, especially with regard to the spheres, and disputed points in calculating the calendar occur frequently in the works of Judah ha-Levi, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Maimonides, while a new system of astronomy is contained in the " Wars of the Lord " (" Milḥamot Adonai ") of Levi ben Gershon.

Levi ben Gershon was also the inventor of an astronomical instrument, and is often quoted with respect under the name of Leon de Bañolas.

* Gersonides ( Levi ben Gershon ), ( 1327 – 44 )

His Commentaries abound in references to Talmud, Midrash and Zohar, but contain scant references to other commentaries, such as the works of Abravanel, R. Levi ben Gershon or Maimonides.

Carl Chiara, Levi Strauss director of brand and special projects, has a credo: The less you wash your jeans, the better your jeans become.

Levi Stubbles ( June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008 ), better known by the stage name Levi Stubbs, was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Motown R & B group Four Tops.

Moses Michael Levi ( born November 8, 1978 ), better known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean American rapper.

One of Levi ’ s last journal entries was February 1903, “ This date shows that I have neglected to note daily occurrences in my journal for some time past ; however, it is better late than never .”

Zachary Levi Pugh (; born September 29, 1980 ), better known by his stage name Zachary Levi, is an American actor, director, and singer known for the roles of Kipp Steadman in Less than Perfect, Chuck Bartowski in Chuck, and Flynn Rider in Tangled.

In Israel, a kosher variant of Spam, known as Loof (, distortion of meatloaf ), was produced by Richard Levi, and mostly used as part of field rations by the Israeli Defense Forces.

With guitarist Miko Weaver and long-time keyboardist Doctor Fink gone, Prince added bass player Sonny T., Tommy Barbarella on keyboards, and a brass section known as the Hornheads to go along with Levi Seacer ( taking over on guitar ), Rosie Gaines, Michael Bland, and the Game Boyz.

It was named for the Chickasaw leader Levi Colbert, who was also known as Itawamba.

The Levites, also known as the tribe of Levi, were descendants of Levi.

His inner circle of disciples, known as the Chevraia Kadisha (" Holy Brotherhood "), included his son Rabbi Avraham HaMalach ( The Angel ), Rabbi Nachum of Czernobyl, Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rabbi Zusha of Hanipol, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh, Rabbi Aharon ( HaGadol ) of Karlin, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke of Nikolsburg and Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.

Passing through the city of Gaza, which at the time had also an important Jewish community, he met Nathan Benjamin Levi, known since under the name of Nathan of Gaza ( נתן עזתי Nathan ' Azzati ).

In 1573 Veronese completed the painting which is now known as the Feast in the House of Levi for the rear wall of the refectory of the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo.

The Book of Jubilees similarly has Isaac telling Levi of the future of his descendants, again predicting priesthood, prophets, and political power, and additionally describes Jacob as entrusting Levi with the secrets of the ancients, so that they would be known only to the Levites ; however, like the Testament of Levi, the Book of Jubilees is regarded as a Maccabean document by scholars.

Levi Strauss & Co. (), also known as LS & CO or simply Levi's, is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.

The Hasmoneans, also known as the Maccabees were a priestly group ( kohanim ) from the Tribe of Levi.

Christ Stopped at Eboli () is a memoir by Carlo Levi, published in 1945, giving an account of his exile from 1935-1936 to Grassano and Aliano, remote towns in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata.

Marshall Field & Company traces its antecedents to a dry goods store opened at 137 Lake Street in Chicago in 1852 by Potter Palmer, eponymously named P. Palmer & Co .. Four years later, in 1856, 21-year-old Marshall Field moved to Chicago from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, finding work at the city ’ s then largest dry goods firm: Cooley, Wadsworth & Co. Just prior to the Civil War, in 1860, Field and bookkeeper Levi Leiter became junior partners in the firm, then known as Cooley, Farwell & Co.

Loomis was already well known in Louisville for landmarks like the Louisville Medical College and Levi Brothers '.

His description of an ancient crossbow mechanism which he himself unearthed proved to be a Jacob's staff, a surveying tool which wasn't known in Europe until described by Levi ben Gerson in 1321.

Needham asserts Shen had discovered the survey device known as Jacob's staff, which was not described elsewhere until the Provençal Jewish mathematician Levi ben Gerson ( 1288 – 1344 ) wrote of it in 1321.