Jewish Tour: Interesting exhibit on Salomon ben Adret (Barcelona, 1235-1310)

Yesterday I was with three fun New York couples from Russian-Jewish origin, and as we were going to visit the Old Town if we could have a little Jewish Tour of the medieval Barcelona during our time together.
So we visited the Call (medieval Jewish Section) and we entered the Center of Interpretation run by the Museum of History of the City.

 

During our Jewish tour we visited the exhibit on Salomon ben Adret

In the upper floor they had just open an interesting exhibit on Salomon ben Adret, the most important rabi and thinker of the Barcelona Jewish History. It was great to learn how he became a very influent man who was consulted from all over the Mediterranean to help interpreting the Talmud in the wisest possible way and how he defended the orthodox interpretations in front of some rationalist and mistic new trends that were appearing at the moment.

Tomorrow I'm back to the Old Town with another Jewish family and I'll be able to take them there for a little Jewish Tour!

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