Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
EPSTEIN, ZALMAN — (1860–1936), Hebrew essayist and critic. Epstein was born in Luban, Belorussia, and he received his early education at the Volozhin yeshivah. At the age of 16 he moved to Odessa where he lived for 30 years. He served on the central committee of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EPSTEIN, IZHAC — (1862–1943), Hebrew writer and linguist, and a pioneer in modern Hebrew education in Ereẓ Israel and in the Diaspora. The brother of the writer zalman epstein , he was born in Luban, Belorussia. In 1886 he (together with five others) was sent to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EPSTEIN, ISAAC BEN MORDECAI — (c. 1780–1857), talmudist and kabbalist. Epstein, who had already written halakhic works in his youth, attached himself against the will of his grandfather to chabad Ḥasidism, and thenceforth devoted himself to the study of Kabbalah and Chabad… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moshe Mordechai Epstein — Rosh yeshiva in Slabodka Born March 7, 1866(1866 03 07) (20 Adar 5626 Anno Mundi) Bakst … Wikipedia
Isser Zalman Meltzer — Isser Zalman Meltzer, (1870 1953), was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is also known as the Even HaEzel , after the title of his commentary on Rambam s Mishne Torah. Rabbi Meltzer was born in the city of Mir, in… … Wikipedia
RIVLIN, SHELOMO ZALMAN — (1886–1962), ḥazzan, composer, and rabbi, son of yosef rivlin . Rivlin studied liturgical music with A.Z. Idelsohn. For 60 years, he was ḥazzan of the Shirat Israel Synagogue in Jerusalem, and founded and directed its school for ḥazzanim and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Yechezkel Sarna — Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of that Yeshiva. He moved it from Europe to Hebron in 1925 and, following the Hebron Massacre of 1929 to Jerusalem,… … Wikipedia
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn — For the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, see Menachem Mendel Schneerson. For the Tzemach Tzedek of Nikolsburg, see Menahem Mendel Krochmal. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn Lubavitcher Rebbe The Tzemach Tzedek … Wikipedia
List of rabbis — This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism s spiritual and religious leaders. See also : List of Jews.Rabbis: Pre Mishnaic ( Tannaim ): See Mishnah, Tannaim .* Shimon Hatzadik * Antigonus of SokhoRabbis: Pre Mishnaic ( Tannaim ) (… … Wikipedia
AḤARONIM — (Heb. אַחֲרוֹנִים; lit. the later (authorities), a term used to designate the later rabbinic authorities, in contrast to the rishonim , the earlier authorities. Although scholars differ as to the exact chronological dividing line between the two … Encyclopedia of Judaism
