SAMUEL BEN KALONYMUS HE-ḤASID (The Pious) OF SPEYER — SAMUEL BEN KALONYMUS HE ḤASID ( The Pious ) OF SPEYER (12th century), one of the first leaders of the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SAMUEL IBN ʿĀDIYĀ — (al Samawal b. Ghārid Ablaq; mid sixth century), poet in tayma , Hejaz, N. Arabia. Samuel b. Ādiyā s Arabic poetry ranks with the finest heroic traditional Arabic battle poetry of the pre Islamic period and shows little trace of Jewish origins… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Samuel Abraham Poznański — Samuel Poznański Samuel Abraham Poznański est un rabbin réformé polonais du XXe siècle (Lubraniec, 3 septembre 1864 1921). Officiant à la Grande synagogue de Varsovie, il était également un arabisant et bibliographe hébraïque, réputé pour… … Wikipédia en Français
Samuel Poznanski — Samuel Poznański Samuel Abraham Poznański est un rabbin réformé polonais du XXe siècle (Lubraniec, 3 septembre 1864 1921). Officiant à la Grande synagogue de Varsovie, il était également un arabisant et bibliographe hébraïque, réputé pour… … Wikipédia en Français
Samuel Poznański — Samuel Abraham Poznański est un rabbin réformé polonais du XXe siècle (Lubraniec, 3 septembre 1864 1921). Officiant à la Grande synagogue de Varsovie, il était également un arabisant et bibliographe hébraïque, réputé pour ses études sur le… … Wikipédia en Français
Charles Goren — Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in… … Wikipedia
HORODEZKY, SAMUEL ABBA — (1871–1957), scholar and historian of Jewish mysticism and Ḥasidism. He was born in Malin (Kiev region) and studied in the courts of ẓaddikim in Malin and Chernobyl. He was attracted to the Haskalah and at the age of 20 settled in Berdichev where … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZITRON, SAMUEL LEIB — (1860–1930), Hebrew and Yiddish writer and journalist. The son of a distinguished merchant family in Minsk, Zitron was educated at Lithuanian yeshivot. While studying at the Volozhin yeshivah, he became attracted to the Haskalah and in 1876 moved … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… … Universalium