ABRAHAM BEN ḤAYYIM — (Heilprin; d. 1762), leader of the Jewish community in Lublin city and province, Poland. Abraham b. Ḥayyim at times represented the Lublin community in the assemblies of the Council of Four Lands. From 1753 to 1757 he acted as parnas of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN JOSEPH (Yoske) OF LISSA — (Leszno; d. 1777), communal leader in Poland. Abraham, son of the rabbi of Zlotow, was apparently wealthy and engaged in trade. In the 1730s he represented great poland on the councils of the lands . He presided over the Council as parnas in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN ALEXANDER KATZ OF KALISK — (Kalisz; 1741–1810), ḥasidic leader in Poland and Ereẓ Israel. He was a disciple of dov baer of Mezhirech. According to ḥasidic tradition he first studied under elijah b. solomon , the Gaon of Vilna. He joined the Talk, an ḥasidic conventicle… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC HA-KOHEN OF ZAMOŚĆ — (18th century), Polish rabbi and author. Abraham served for a short period as head of the bet din in Tarlow, but, as he was extremely wealthy, he was able to resign his position and in 1754 returned to Zamość, his birthplace. There he occupied… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FORTIS (Heb. Hazak), ABRAHAM ISAAC — (d. c. 1731), physician and communal leader in Poland. He is recorded in Poland around 1690, having come from Italy as a young man (baḥur). moses zacuto , in the same year in Mantua, praised his wide knowledge in Torah learning, in addition to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RAPOPORT, ABRAHAM BEN ISRAEL JEHIEL HAKOHEN — (1584–1651), Polish talmudist and halakhic authority. Abraham was born in Cracow, and studied in the yeshivah there under Meshullam Feivush of Zbarazh. He married the daughter of Mordecai Schrenzilsh, a wealthy man of distinguished ancestry from… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SLONIK (Solnik), BENJAMIN AARON BEN ABRAHAM — (c. 1550–c. 1619), Polish rabbi. Slonik was probably born in Grodno. He studied there in his youth under Nathan Nata Spiro. He was rabbi in Silesia (Joseph Katz, She erit Yosef (Cracow, 1590), no. 47) and Podhajce (Meir of Lublin, Responsa, no.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA BEN JACOB — (d. 1664), talmudic scholar of Lithuania and Poland. His father was rabbi of the community of Brest Litovsk and head of its yeshivah, where Abraham Joshua became a teacher as a young man. In 1630 his father was appointed rabbi of Lublin and head… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOROWITZ, ABRAHAM BEN ISAIAH — (1671–1744), Polish rabbi. Horowitz, born in Leipnik, Moravia, studied under his father, isaiah b. shabbetai sheftel horowitz . He assisted his father in his activities and accompanied him at the sessions of the Council of the Four Lands.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KROCHMAL, MENAHEM MENDEL BEN ABRAHAM — (c. 1600–1661), chief rabbi of Moravia. A native of Cracow and pupil of joel sirkes , in his youth he was already the leader of a circle of scholars which included … Encyclopedia of Judaism
