ELEAZAR BEN HALFON HA-KOHEN — (12th–13th century), Hebrew poet. Eleazar lived apparently in an Oriental country. About 15 poems from his divan survived in the cairo genizah , where his name usually appears as Eleazar or Eleazar ha Kohen, but in one, as Eleazar ben Ḥalfon ha… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤALFON BEN NETHANEL HA-LEVI ABU SAĪʿD — (12th century), wealthy businessman in Egypt. Ḥalfon s affairs extended from India and Yemen to Spain. Numerous letters, addressed to him from furthest parts of the Jewish Diaspora, which bear evidence of his generosity and wealth, have been… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ADADI, ABRAHAM ḤAYYIM BEN MASOUD ḤAI — (1801–1874) (1801–1874), halakhic authority and kabbalist. Born in Tripoli and orphaned at an early age, Abraham was raised by his grandfather, Nathan Adadi, an outstanding scholar. In 1818 the family emigrated to Safed, where Adadi studied and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac ben Kaprun — Isaac ben ou ibn Kaprun (ou Kafron) est un grammairien andalou du Xe siècle. Éléments biographiques Disciple de Menahem ben Sarouk, il n est connu que par le traité qu il a rédigé avec deux confères, Isaac ibn Gikatilla et Juda ben David… … Wikipédia en Français
MADMŪN BEN JAPHETH BEN BUNDĀR — (d. 1151), son of the first nagid of the Jews of South yemen . Madmūn continued in his father s position as the official of the merchants in aden , representing the merchants who traded with India, and in this capacity was also the leader of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YEMEN — YEMEN, country in S.W. corner of the Arabian Peninsula; capital, Sanʿa. The Land and the People The southern part of the Arabian Peninsula is called al Yaman (the south), after which the country is named in the West. In pre Islamic times there… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Spanish and Portuguese Jews — are a distinctive sub group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula and who shaped communities mainly in Western Europe and the Americas from the late 16th century on. These… … Wikipedia
Conversion to Judaism — This article is part of the Jewish outreach series Denominations Orthodox outreach Chabad outreach Noahide Campaign Modern Orthodox Judaism outreach Religious Zionism outreach General Conservative outreach Reform outreach … Wikipedia
Historia de los judíos en la Tierra de Israel — La Historia de los Judíos en la Tierra de Israel comienza con los Hijos de Israel (también conocido como Hebreos), que se asentaron en la tierra de Israel. Los israelitas remontaron su linaje al patriarca bíblico Abraham a través de Isaac y de… … Wikipedia Español
IBN EZRA, ISAAC — (Abu Saad, ca. 1109–after 1163), Hebrew poet. Born in Spain, the son of abraham ibn ezra , he was raised in Andalusia, probably in Córdoba, Seville, and Almeria, as a member of the cultivated young Jewish elite. He was very close to judah halevi … Encyclopedia of Judaism
