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BENJAMIN ZE'EV BEN MATTATHIAS OF ARTA — (early 16th century), dayyan and halakhist. He first engaged in business but later became a member of the bet din at Arta (Epirus). After living at Larissa (1528) and Corfu (1530), Benjamin Ze ev settled in Venice; but toward the end of his life… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Yehoshua Porath — ( he. יהושע פורת) is an Israeli politician and an orientalist. In the 1992 election, he was the 13th name on the list of Meretz candidates to Knesset, but later he changed his political views and became a supporter of the right. He opposed the… … Wikipedia
KASOVSKY, CHAYIM YEHOSHUA — (1873–1960), Israeli rabbinical scholar. Kasovsky received his early education at the Eẓ Ḥayyim Talmud Torah in Jerusalem where his father Abraham Abele Kasovsky was an instructor. At the age of 20, he was contributing articles to various… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BARZILAI (Eisenstadt), YEHOSHUA — (1855–1918), leader of the Ḥibbat Zion movement and writer. Barzilai was born in Kletsk, Minsk region, Belorussia, to a rabbinical family, and from an early age became active in the Ḥibbat Zion movement. He first visited Ereẓ Israel in 1887, but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAAC BENJAMIN WOLF BEN ELIEZER LIPMAN — (d. before 1698), German rabbi. Isaac s father, ELIEZER, was called Goettingen, a name taken from the city of that name in Germany. Isaac studied under Isaac b. Abraham, av bet din of Vilna and Posen. He served as rabbi of Landsberg an der Warthe … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN BENJAMIN ZE'EV BRISKER — (d. 1700), Lithuanian author and preacher. After the decree of expulsion from Lithuania in 1655 Abraham went to Vienna, where he became a pupil of R. Shabbetai Sheftel horowitz . After the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna in 1670 Abraham… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BOZECCO (Bozecchi), BENJAMIN BEN JUDAH — (1290–1335), Italian grammarian and biblical exegete, who lived in Rome. His name probably derived from the town Buzecchio in the district of Forli, Italy, from which his family came. In one of his poems immanuel of Rome praises him as the father … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HA-ẒOFEH — (Heb. הַצּוֹפֶה). (1) Daily Hebrew newspaper, published in Warsaw from 1903 to 1905. Following the journalistic tradition of ha yom , Ha Ẓofeh was well balanced in its presentation of items of both Jewish and general interest, and upheld a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
