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Jacob ben Nissim
Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin was a Jewish philosopher who lived at Kairwan in the 10th century; he was a younger contemporary of Saadia. At Jacob's request Sherira Gaon wrote a treatise entitled Iggeret, on the redaction of the Mishnah.
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