Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
FREIMANN, JACOB — (1866–1937), German rabbi, scholar, and editor. Freimann studied under Simon Sofer (see sofer ) and Akiva Kornitzer in his native Cracow, and under his uncle Israel Meir freimann at Ostrowo, as well as at Berlin and Tuebingen. He married Israel… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FREIMANN — FREIMANN, family of rabbis and scholars, ISAAC FREIMANN (d. 1886), who was born in Cracow, edited from a manuscript Abraham b. Ḥiyya s Hegyon ha Nefesh ha Aẓuvah (1860). His son ISRAEL MEIR FREIMANN (1830–1884) served as rabbi at Filehne (Wielen) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FREIMANN, ABRAHAM ḤAYYIM — (Alfred; 1889–1948), jurist and rabbinical scholar. Freimann, born in Holleschau (Holesov), Moravia, the son of jacob freimann , studied rabbinics with his father and law in Frankfurt on the Main and Marburg. He served as a magistrate at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JACOB BEN ASHER — (1270?–1340), halakhic authority. Jacob was the son of asher b. jehiel (the Rosh), under whom he studied. In 1303 he accompanied his father from Germany to Toledo, where he lived in great poverty, shunning rabbinical office and devoting all his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aron Freimann — (* 5. August 1871 in Filehne, Provinz Posen; † 6. Juni 1948 in New York) war ein jüdisch deutscher Bibliograph, Historiker und Bibliothekar. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES — (1360?–1427), usually referred to as Maharil (Morenu ha Rav Jacob ha Levi) and also as Mahari Segal and Mahari Molin), the foremost talmudist of his generation and head of the Jewish communities of Germany, Austria, and Bohemia. Born in Mainz,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AARON BEN JACOB HA-KOHEN OF LUNEL — (end of 13th and first half of 14th century), Provençal scholar. Despite his name, he was probably not from Lunel but from Narbonne, where his forefathers lived. In his well known work Orḥot Ḥayyim he makes frequent mention of the customs of Nar… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MARGOLIOTH, JACOB — (d. between 1499 and 1512), rabbi of Regensburg (Ratisbon), originally from worms . In 1497 he corresponded with johannes reuchlin on kabbalistic literature. Margolioth was considered a halakhic authority by his contemporaries and praised by them … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ETTLINGER, JACOB — (1798–1871), German rabbi and champion of neo Orthodoxy. After receiving preliminary instruction from his father, Aaron Ettlinger, Klausrabbiner, a local rabbi in Karlsruhe, Jacob continued his studies under three eminent rabbis: Asher… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KIMḤI, JACOB BEN SAMUEL — (c. 1720–1800), talmudist and author in London. Jacob Kimḥi was born in Constantinople where his father Samuel, whose responsa are mentioned in the Masat Moshe of moses israel (ḤM nos. 50–51; Constantinople, 1734), was rabbi. At an early age… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
