Meir Stern — Rabbi Meir Stern is the Rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic, a large Yeshiva and Kollel in the United States. He is known for having close relationships with his students,[1] and for the revival of the Orthodox communities of… … Wikipedia
David ben Aryeh Leib — Rabbi David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (c.1650 1696) wrote works of rabbinic literature, including Sefer Shomer Shabbat and books on the 613 Mitzvot, bris milah, the Shulchan Aruch, the Book of Ruth, and Jewish ethics (Divrei David, 1671). He was… … Wikipedia
HELLER, ARYEH LEIB BEN JOSEPH HA-KOHEN OF STRY — (1745?–1813), Galician rabbi, a descendant of yom tov lipmann heller . Heller was born in Kalisz, and studied under Meshullam Igra of Pressburg. In his youth he served as rabbi of the small town of Rozhnyatov, Galicia, where he lived in poverty,… … 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
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Irgun members — The following persons have been listed either by the Irgun s website [http://www.etzel.org.il/english/people/frame.htm Irgun commanders ] ] or by reputable independent sources (meeting Wikipedia standards for reliability) as being notable members … Wikipedia
BIALIK, ḤAYYIM NAḤMAN — (1873–1934), the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times, essayist, storywriter, translator, and editor, who exercised a profound influence on modern Jewish culture. Born in the village of Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Bialik s development as a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Israel Eldad — (b. 1910 as Israel Scheib in Podvolochisk, Galicia, d. 1996), was a noted Israeli independence fighter and Revisionist Zionist philosopher. He was an early member and later chief ideological strategist of the Lohamei Herut Yisrael (Fighters for… … Wikipedia
