The Rabbi of Israel, the luminary, the pious one, the spirit of God is in the holy ones—that is the comprehensive Rabbi, Rabbi Yitzchak Canpanton, son of the great sage his honor Rabbi Yaakov Canpanton. And I saw him and his face was like the face of the Shechinah and he was called the Gaon of Castile. He passed away in the year 5223 [(see above year 5252) Yuchsin in the generations of the Acharonim. (And Shomer HaDat, letter 62, section 2, and letter 115, section 2, writes that in the days of Rabbi Yitzchak it was about 520 and 1200 years since the destruction.

It should say error and it should read 220. So it would be 1362 years since the destruction). He authored Sefer Darkei HaGemara, principles from the subjects of the Shas, Shaz.] The Rabbi, Rabbi Yitzchak de Leon, learned in nestorot (hidden matters) and his heart like a lion's heart against enemies of HaShem and his intellect was godly intellect, and he died at age 70 years. He was a student of Rabbi Yitzchak Canpanton the aforementioned [(Yuchsin there)].

Rabbi Yitzchak Abudav, a sage and pious one, sharp and bright—my teacher and rabbi—was a student of Rabbi Yitzchak Canpanton. He passed away in Portugal in the year 5252, seven months after the expulsion, and he lived 60 years, [Yuchsin there. He authored Sefer Menorat HaMaor, and a Biur on the Ramban, and Nehar Pishon, explanations on Parshat Tanach and on statements 298.] The Rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Valasi [(son of the Rabbi Valasi)] bar Avden and Orein was a student of Rabbi Yitzchak Canpanton the aforementioned and died before the expulsion and lived 52 years. [(Yuchsin there) Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Avraham Valasi and Rabbi Yitzchak Abudav stretched out his hand to the cantor who did not want to read according to the tradition, (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, end of section 141).] In the days of Rabbi Yitzchak Canpanton, Ludwig Duke of Bavaria expelled all Jews from his kingdom, and in the days of Ludwig Sforza in this generation in Milan they accused the Jewish books and they were forced to refine them, [(Shomer HaDat, letter 115, section 2)]: