# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rabbeinu-tam
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:47:13.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rabbeinu-tam"
name: "Rabbeinu Tam"
slug: "rabbeinu-tam"
description: "Jacob ben Meir, best known as Rabbeinu Tam, was a renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi, one of the French Tosafists, a leading authority on Halakha, and a grandson of Rashi. Known as Rabbeinu, he acquired the Hebrew suffix \"Tam\" ('straightforward'); it was originally used in the Book of Genesis to describe his biblical namesake, Jacob."
tagline: "Renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi, leading French Tosafist, leading halakhic authority"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbenu_Tam.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1100"
deathDate: "1171-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.59
  momentum:             16.5127970749543
  historical:           9.690684000000001
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%AA%D7%9D"
    title: "רבינו תם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "رابينو تام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbenu_Tam"
    title: "Rabbenu Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbenu_Tam"
    title: "Rabbenu Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbeinu_Tam"
    title: "Rabbeinu Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabeinu_Tam"
    title: "Rabeinu Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "رابینو تام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbenou_Tam"
    title: "Rabbenou Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%AA%D7%9D"
    title: "רבנו תם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbenu_Tam"
    title: "Rabbenu Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Рабейну Там"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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