Natan ben Yechiel of Rome was an Italian rabbi and lexicographer. His central work, the Aruch, was the first Talmudic dictionary and achieved a wide circulation soon after publication. He worked as a peddler of linen, until the opportunity came to devote himself entirely to Torah study. He travelled abroad to study with luminaries in Sicily and Narbonne, eventually returning to serve as head of the yeshiva in Rome.
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