TYKOCINSKI, JEHIEL MICHEL — (1872–1955), rabbi and author. Tykocinski was born in Lyakhovichi, Belorussia. Orphaned of his father while still young, he was taken to Ereẓ Israel in 1882. He studied under samuel salant , whose granddaughter he married in 1890. In 1900 he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EẒ ḤAYYIM — EẒ ḤAYYIM, an Orthodox educational institution in Jerusalem, including a kindergarten, a talmud torah, a preparatory yeshivah ( yeshivah ketanah ), a yeshivah, and a kolel . During the Turkish period Eẓ Ḥayyim served as the central Ashkenazi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GAON — (pl. Geonim), formal title of the heads of the academies of Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia. The geonim were recognized by the Jews as the highest authority of instruction from the end of the sixth century or somewhat later to the middle of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAAC BEN JACOB HA-LAVAN OF PRAGUE — (12th century), tosafist of Bohemia. It has been maintained by some that he was called ha Lavan ( white ) because of his white hair and by others that the name is derived from the river Elbe. He was also known as Isaac of Bohemia and Isaac of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CEMETERY — In Hebrew a cemetery is variously termed as bet kevarot ( place of the sepulchers ; Neh. 2:3, Sanh. 6:5); bet olam ( house of eternity ; see Eccles. 12:5) or its Aramaic form bet almin (Eccles. R. 10:9, Targ. Isa. 40:11, TJ, MK 80b); bet mo ed le … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GANZFRIED, SOLOMON BEN JOSEPH — (1804–1886), rabbi and author. Ganzfried was born in Ungvar, Hungary, where he also died. Orphaned in his childhood, he was brought up in the house of the local rabbi Ẓevi Hirsch Heller, one of the outstanding scholars of his time. From 1830 to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAAC BEN MOSES OF VIENNA — (c. 1180 c. 1250), halakhic authority of Germany and France. He is usually referred to as Isaac Or Zaru a, i.e., by the title of his important halakhic work. Isaac was born in Bohemia which he usually refers to as the land of Canaan. In his youth … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BURIAL — In the Bible Decent burial was regarded to be of great importance in ancient Israel, as in the rest of the ancient Near East. Not only the Egyptians, whose extravagant provision for the dead is well known, but also the peoples of Mesopotamia… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GEONIC LITERATURE — This entry includes the basic books of geonic literature, which were compiled during the geonic period – from the year 600 to 1040, approximately. Geonic literature includes several types of works: 1. Commentaries on the Bible 2. Commentaries on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MOURNING — (Heb. אֵבֶל), the expression of grief and sorrow over the death of a close relative, friend, national leader, or in response to a national calamity. The lamentation (Heb. קִינָה (kinah, qinah); נְהִי, nehi) is the specifically literary and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
