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In his youth Yosef became seriously ill; after recovering he married the daughter of Rabbi Nissim of Kairouan. According to the first Raavad, his wife was pious and learned, though Yosef reportedly found her unattractive; it is possible he studied under his father-in-law during the latter’s visit to Granada.<ref>Shirman, p. 45.</ref> |
In his youth Yosef became seriously ill; after recovering he married the daughter of Rabbi Nissim of Kairouan. According to the first Raavad, his wife was pious and learned, though Yosef reportedly found her unattractive; it is possible he studied under his father-in-law during the latter’s visit to Granada.<ref>Shirman, p. 45.</ref> |
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Upon the death of his father, Yosef succeeded him as ”nagid” and head of the Jewish community of Granada for approximately nine years, until 1064.<ref>Avraham Meir Habermann, “Yehosef bar Shmuel ha-Nagid – His Life and Surviving Poetry”, ”Otzar Yehudei Sefarad” 4 (1961), pp. 44–58.</ref> The king of Granada appointed him to his father’s position as chief vizier when Yosef was twenty-one. He proved effective in tax administration, civil governance, and foreign policy, and, like his father, served as a military commander and achieved victories in several battles. |
Upon the death of his father, Yosef succeeded him as ”nagid” and head of the Jewish community of Granada for approximately nine years, until 1064.<ref>Avraham Meir Habermann, “Yehosef bar Shmuel ha-Nagid – His Life and Surviving Poetry”, ”Otzar Yehudei Sefarad” 4 (1961), pp. 44–58.</ref> The king of Granada appointed him to his father’s position as chief vizier when Yosef was twenty-one. He proved effective in tax administration, civil governance, and foreign policy, and, like his father, served as a military commander and achieved victories in several battles. |
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Revision as of 17:00, 29 November 2025
Yosef ben Shmuel ha-Levi ha-Nagid (Arabic: اأو حسين بن ٱلنغريلة, translit. Abū Ḥusayn ibn Naghrīla; 15 September 1035 – 1066) was a Jewish rabbi, scholar, poet and statesman in the Taifa of Granada in al-Andalus, and one of the early Rishonim of the post-Geonic period. He was the son of Rabbi Samuel ha-Nagid and son-in-law of Rabbi Nissim ben Jacob of Kairouan.
Biography
Yosef was born in 1035 in Granada, al-Andalus, to Rabbi Samuel ha-Nagid. At the age of nine he accompanied his father to battle but soon longed for his native city and composed a poem expressing this yearning. His primary education was provided by his father. Rabbi Yosef Ḥasday, in a poem about Samuel ha-Nagid, described Yosef at age twelve as “a young lion, a child full of delight … wise beyond his years, versed in the Mishnah, and illuminating hidden matters.”[1]
In his youth Yosef became seriously ill; after recovering he married the daughter of Rabbi Nissim of Kairouan. According to the first Raavad, his wife was pious and learned, though Yosef reportedly found her unattractive; it is possible he studied under his father-in-law during the latter’s visit to Granada.[2]
Upon the death of his father, Yosef succeeded him as nagid and head of the Jewish community of Granada for approximately nine years, until 1064.[3] The king of Granada appointed him to his father’s position as chief vizier when Yosef was twenty-one. He proved effective in tax administration, civil governance, and foreign policy, and, like his father, served as a military commander and achieved victories in several battles.[4]
