In the 11th century in Northern France one of the largest and most eminent centers of European Jewry in the Middle Ages grew continuously. Within a relatively short while it became the most important spiritual Jewish center in Christian Europe. The Early Sages of France examines the development as well as the causes and effects of this phenomenon. The lives of the early sages of France are described in detail, as well as how they led their communities and the Jewish-Christian debate. (Hebrew)