DURAN, SOLOMON BEN SIMEON (RASHBASH)

(c.1400-47)

   North African scholar, son of Simeon ben Tzemah Duran. He was born in Algiers. He joined his father's bet din at an early age and became the head of the yeshivah. His Milhemet Mitzvah is a defence of the Talmud against the accusations made by the apostate Joshua Lorki (Geronimo de Santa Fe).