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
ASHKENAZI, ẒEVI HIRSCH BEN JACOB — (also known as the Ḥakham Zevi; 1660–1718), rabbi and halakhist. Both his father, Jacob Sak, a renowned scholar, and his maternal grandfather, ephraim b. jacob ha kohen , had escaped from Vilna to Moravia during the 1655 Cossack uprising. It was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DAVID BEN SOLOMON IBN ABI (Avi, Ben Abi) ZIMRA — (known as RaDBaZ = Rabbi David Ben Abi Zimra; 1479–1573), talmudic scholar, halakhic authority, and kabbalist. Abi Zimra was born in Spain into a wealthy family, but by the age of 13 he was in Safed (possibly going via Fez – see Sambari in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BRODIE, SIR ISRAEL — (1895–1979), chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth, 1948 to 1965. Brodie was born in Newcastle on Tyne and educated at Jews College, London, and at Oxford. He served in World War I as a Jewish chaplain on the Western Front, and then worked in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, SOLOMON BEN SIMEON — (known as RaShBaSh, Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Shelomo ben Shimon; c. 1400–1467), North African rabbinical authority; son of . He was born in algiers , but no details are known of his youth. His education embraced not only rabbinical knowledge but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, SIMEON BEN SOLOMON — (RaShBaSh, Heb. acronym of Rabbi Shimon ben Shelomo ha Sheni ( the Second ); 1438–after 1510), rabbi and author. Simeon, son of solomon b. simeon duran (called RaShBaSh ha Rishon, the First ), was born in Algiers and succeeded his brother Ẓemaḥ… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAAC BEN SHESHET PERFET — (known as Ribash from the initials of R abbi Isaac Ben Sheshet; 1326–1408), Spanish rabbi and halakhic authority. Perfet was born in Barcelona, where he studied under such eminent scholars as Pereẓ ha Kohen, Ḥasdai b. Judah Crescas (the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, SIMEON BEN ẒEMAḤ — (RaSHBaẒ, Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Shimon ben Ẓemaḥ; 1361–1444), rabbinic authority, philosopher, and scientist. He was born in Majorca to R. Ẓemaḥ Astruc Duran. In his youth Simeon studied in Palma (Majorca) at the yeshivah of Ephraim Vidal, who… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRANI, MOSES BEN JOSEPH — (Heb. acronym Ha Ma bit; 1500–1580), rabbi. His father emigrated from Italy to Salonika, where Moses was born, but the family was of Spanish origin. Orphaned at an early age, Moses went to Adrianople to live with his uncle Aaron, studying with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, ZEMAḤ BEN SOLOMON — (15th century), North African rabbinical authority. Ẓemaḥ, the second son of solomon b. simeon duran , acted together with his brothers Aaron and Simeon as dayyan in algiers . It appears from the sources that he was the most active of them and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
