Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
WALLENSTEIN, MEIR — (1903–1996), Orientalist. Born in Jerusalem, Wallenstein taught in Palestine (1925–29) and in Manchester, England (1932–38). From 1946 he was reader in medieval and modern Hebrew at Manchester University, and in 1970 he settled in Jerusalem.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABBAS, MOSES JUDAH BEN MEIR — (c. 1601–1671), talmudist, halakhist, and poet. Abbas came from a Spanish family which, after settling in Salonika, spread throughout Turkey. He himself was born in Salonika. From his youth onward Abbas endured poverty and illness. His rabbis… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BOTON, MEIR BEN ABRAHAM DI — (c. 1575–1649), rabbi and halakhist. Born in Salonika, he studied under his father, . In his introduction to his father s Leḥem Mishneh, he describes the trials and the expulsions he had experienced from his youth. He was appointed rabbi of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of assassinated people — This is a list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. This list does not include executed persons. TOCright Assassinations in Africa Algeria *Hiempsal, (117 BC) … Wikipedia
Adolf Eichmann — en uniforme SS en 1942 Naissance 19 mars 1906 Solingen … Wikipédia en Français
History of the Jews in Italy — The Great Synagogue of Rome Part of a series of articles on … Wikipedia
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