# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-berab
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:02:58.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-berab"
name: "Jacob Berab"
slug: "jacob-berab"
description: "Jacob Berab, also spelled Berav or Bei-Rav, known as Mahari Beirav, was an influential rabbi and talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce classical semikhah (ordination) and the Sanhedrin."
tagline: "Rabbi and kabbalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%AA2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
birthDate: "1474"
deathDate: "1546-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.020556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "יעקב בירב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "يعقوب بيراب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Berab"
    title: "Jacob Berab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Berab"
    title: "Jacob Berab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Berab"
    title: "Jacob Berab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Berab"
    title: "Jacob Berab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%91"
    title: "יעקב בירב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Berab"
    title: "Jakub Berab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2909966"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump