Rabbeinu Yosef ibn Migash (Ri Migash)

Yahrzeit of Rabbeinu Yosef ibn Migash (the Ri Migash) (1077–1141), head of the famed academy of Lucena, Spain. The Rambam (Maimonides), who absorbed his teachings through his own father — a student of the Ri Migash — praised him with uncharacteristic ecstasy: 'The depth and scope of his wisdom astound all who study his words.'