Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
HOROWITZ, MESHULLAM ISSACHAR BEN ARYEH LEIB HA-LEVI — (1808–1888), Galician rabbi. Horowitz was born in Stanislav. Reluctant to enter the rabbinate, he was finally persuaded to do so by his father, and served as rabbi of Zabrze from 1827 to 1842, of Tysmenitsa from 1843 to 1845, and of Stanislav… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOROWITZ, LAZAR (Eleazar) BEN DAVID JOSHUA HOESCHEL — (1803–1868), rabbi of Vienna. A native of Floss, Bavaria, he was invited in 1828 by isaac loew hoffman von Hoffmannsthal to serve as rabbi of the Vienna community. Since the authorities did not at that time grant formal recognition to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOROWITZ, ARYEH LEIB BEN ELEAZAR HA-LEVI — (1758–1844), Galician rabbi. Horowitz s father, who was av betdin of Zalozhtsy, was the son of isaac ha levi b. jacob jokel horowitz of Hamburg. Aryeh Horowitz studied under his father and later in the yeshivah of Isaac Ḥarif in Sambor. He also… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOROWITZ, DAVID — (1899–1979), Israel economist. Born in Drohobycz (then Austrian Galicia), Horowitz was active in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz — (1872, Cracovie 1945, Nice), est un rabbin français hassidique, né en Pologne, rabbin en Tchécoslovaquie, en Hollande, en Allemagne, en Belgique, puis refugié en France. Rabbin érudit il reste célèbre comme généalogiste, en particulier de la… … Wikipédia en Français
FLECKELES, ELEAZAR BEN DAVID — (1754–1826), rabbi and author. Born in Prague, Fleckeles studied under Meir Fischeles (Bumsla), Moses Cohen Rofe, and ezekiel landau , In 1779 he was appointed rabbi of Kojetin in Moravia, but in 1783 returned to Prague, where he served as a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM ẒEVI BEN ELEAZAR — (1780–1828), rabbi and posek in Poland. In his youth he lived in Piotrkow near Lodz, where he studied under his grandfather, Solomon b. Jehiel Michel, and Moses, the av bet din. In 1800 he served as rabbi of Pilica, and later, before 1819, as av… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PERLES, MOSES MEIR BEN ELEAZAR — (1666–1739), rabbi and author. Perles was born in Prague. About 1708 he was in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam, and in his work Megillat Sefer, he tells of the troubles which befell him in the winter of 1708, while he was in an isolated… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit … Encyclopedia of Judaism
