ASHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIJAH THE PHYSICIAN — (1513–1586), rabbi and exegete. Eliezer s activities covered many of the Jewish centers of the 16th century. The influential position he held in widely scattered communities indicates the basic unity of Jewish society and culture in the period. A … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN — (the Vilna Gaon or Elijah Gaon ; acronym Ha GRA = Ha Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu; 1720–1797), one of the greatest spiritual and intellectual leaders of Jewry in modern times. A man of iron will, Elijah combined the personal life of an intellectual hermit… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISSERLES, MOSES BEN ISRAEL — (1525 or 1530–1572), Polish rabbi and codifier, one of the great halakhic authorities. His full family name, Isserel Lazarus was shortened to Isserles, but he is usually referred to as the Rema (acronym of Rabbi Moses Isserles). Isserles was born … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SLONIK (Solnik), BENJAMIN AARON BEN ABRAHAM — (c. 1550–c. 1619), Polish rabbi. Slonik was probably born in Grodno. He studied there in his youth under Nathan Nata Spiro. He was rabbi in Silesia (Joseph Katz, She erit Yosef (Cracow, 1590), no. 47) and Podhajce (Meir of Lublin, Responsa, no.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MANASSEH BEN (Porat) JOSEPH OF ILYA — (1767–1831), one of the forerunners of the haskalah in Lithuania and Russia. He was born in Smorgon, Lithuania, and was renowned as a child for his remarkable memory and intellectual precocity. He received a talmudic education in the home of his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHABBETAI BEN MEIR HA-KOHEN — (1621–1662), Lithuanian rabbi, commentator on the Shulḥan Arukh, and posek. He was also known as the Sha Kh from the initials of the title of his book, Siftei Kohen. Shabbetai was born in Amstivov near Vilkaviskis. In his youth he studied under… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVKES, MOSES BEN NAPHTALI HIRSCH — (d. c. 1671/72), Lithuanian talmudist. It is not known when Rivkes went to Vilna, but he was one of those expelled from Vilna in 1655 (together with shabbetai b. meir ha kohen , Ephraim Cohen, and Aaron Samuel koidonover ) during the war between… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… … 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
Jewish philosophy — Jewish theology redirects here. Philosophy and Kabbalah are two common approaches to Jewish theology Part of a series on … Wikipedia
