RAPOPORT — (Rappoport; also Rapaport or Rappaport), common surname among Jews in Italy, Germany, Poland, and Russia. The family was descended from Abraham Menahem b. Jacob ha Kohen Rapa who lived in Porto, Italy, at the beginning of the 16th century. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RAPOPORT, BENJAMIN ZE'EV WOLF HA-KOHEN BEN ISAAC — (1754–1837), Hungarian rabbi. His father Isaac and his grandfather came from Fuerth in Germany to Nikolsburg, where Benjamin was born. In 1771 Rapoport went, as was the custom with many Moravians, to nearby Hungary in order to evade the ban on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rapoport-Bick (rabbinic dynasty) — The Rapoport Bick dynasty was the most important of all the non chasidic rabbinic dynasties of Medzhybizh, in Ukraine. The Rapoport dynasty traces its roots back to Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697 1776) who was involved in the Frankist debates of 1757… … Wikipedia
KATZ, NAPHTALI BEN ISAAC — (Ha Kohen; 1645–1719), rabbi and kabbalist. Katz was born in Stepan (Volhynia), where his father was rabbi. In his youth he was taken captive by the Tatars but managed to escape. He succeeded his father as av bet din of Stepan and then served as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chaim Joseph David Azulai — The Chida Chaim Joseph David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia (1724 – 1 March 1806) (Hebrew: חיים יוסף דוד אזולאי), commonly known as the Chida (by the acronym of his name, חיד א), was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a… … Wikipedia
Haïm Joseph David Azoulay — Portrait traditionnel du Hid a Haim Yossef David ben Isaac Zeharia Azoulay (hébreu : חיים יוסף דוד אזולאי, abrégé חיד א Hid a) est un rabbin, kabbaliste, talmudiste et décisionnaire séfarade du XVIIIe siècle (Jérusalem, 1724 Livourne,… … Wikipédia en Français
HEZEKIAH BEN DAVID — (d. c. 1058), exilarch and gaon. His grandfather Hezekiah b. Judah, a grandson of david b. zakkai , is also referred to as exilarch, although there is some doubt whether he actually held the position. Hezekiah b. David became exilarch after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RACCAH, MAS'ŪD BEN AARON — (1690–1768), rabbi in tripoli . Raccah appears to have been descended from the Venetian Raccah family. Isaac Raccah, whose daughter he married, and Solomon Raccah, wealthy uncles of his, and his brother in law Mas ūd lived in Venice. These… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YIẒḤAKI, ABRAHAM BEN DAVID — (1661–1729), rabbi, halakhic authority, and kabbalist. Born in Jerusalem, Yiẓḥaki was the grandson of the kabbalist, abraham b. mordecai azulai , and son in law of Abraham Israel Zeevi, a scholar of Hebron. He studied Talmud under moses b.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AZULAI, ḤAYYIM JOSEPH DAVID — (known by his Hebrew acronym Ḥida, Ḥayyim Yoseph David Azulai; 1724–1806), halakhist, kabbalist, emissary, and bibliographer. Azulai was born in Jerusalem; he was descended on his father s side from a prominent family of rabbis and kabbalists… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
