David ben Judah Messer Leon — (Venice, c. 1470 – Salonica, c. 1526) was an Italian rabbi, physician and writer, who defended the value of secular disciplines and the Renaissance humanities as an important part of traditional Jewish studies. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 … Wikipedia
DAVID BEN JUDAH HE-ḤASID — (early 14th century), Spanish kabbalist. He claimed to be the grandson of Naḥmanides and a descendant of judah b. samuel he Ḥasid of Regensburg. David wrote several books which reflect the development of the different trends in Kabbalah after the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEON, MESSER DAVID BEN JUDAH — (1470/72?–1526?), rabbi and religious philosopher. Born in Mantua, Italy, Leon studied in his father s yeshivah in Naples, where he was ordained at the age of 18 by French and German rabbis. He then went to the yeshivah of Judah Minz in Padua. In … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LAWAT, ABRAHAM DAVID BEN JUDAH LEIB — (1835–1890), ḥasidic rabbi and author in the Ukraine. From his youth Abraham David was attracted to Chabad Ḥasidism , being among the closest followers of menahem mendel schneersohn , author of Ẓemah Ẓedek. On the initiative of his teacher, he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BERLIN, DAVID BEN (Judah) LOEB — (d. 1771), German rabbi and talmudic authority. The brother of isaiah berlin , he was probably born in Eisenstadt (Hungary). After serving as rabbi of Dessau and Marktbreit (Bavaria) and as chief rabbi of Schwarzburg, Berlin was appointed rabbi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LURIA, DAVID BEN JUDAH — (1798–1855), Lithuanian rabbi and scholar. Luria was born in Bykhow, Mogilev region. He studied under Saul katzenellenbogen in Vilna, but in 1815 returned to his native town, where he remained for the rest of his life and where he founded a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
David ben Judah he-Hasid — (fl. 14th cent) Spanish kabbalist, grandson of Nahmanides. He wrote commentaries on the Zohar and the order of the prayers, and a treatise on the mysteries of the alphabet … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
David ben Yom Tov — David ben Yom Tov, also David Bonjorn del Barri, was a Catalan Jewish astronomer and astrologer who lived in the first half of the fourteenth century. He is reported to have been born at Cotlliure in Catalonia in around 1300, and to have died in… … Wikipedia
DAVID BEN DANIEL — (fl. second half of the 13th century), exilarch in Mosul, Mesopotamia. David was descended from the exilarch Josiah b. Zakkai and a grandson of the exilarch david b. zakkai II. In 1288 David issued a threat of excommunication edict against R.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
David ben Zakkai (exilarch) — David ben Zakkai (died 940 CE) was an exilarch, leader of the Jewish community of Babylon, known in Jewish history especially for his conflict with Saadia Gaon, which ruptured the leadership of the Babylonian Jews, and which was settled by the… … Wikipedia
