BACHARACH, MOSES SAMSON BEN ABRAHAM SAMUEL — (1607–1670), rabbi and author. Bacharach was born in Pohořelice, Moravia, where his father Abraham Samuel (a prominent scholar in rabbinics and in other fields) was then rabbi. His mother Ḥavvah, the daughter of Isaac Katz, son in law of R. Judah … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BACHARACH, JAIR ḤAYYIM BEN MOSES SAMSON — (1638–1702), German talmudic scholar, with an extensive knowledge in the general sciences. Bacharach was the son of R. Moses Samson b. Abraham samuel bacharach . Born in Leipnik, where his father officiated as rabbi, Bacharach, in his childhood,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BACHARACH, EVA — (Ḥavvah; 1580–1651), a rare example of a learned woman, credited with writing commentary on midrash and targum, although these writings are no longer extant. Born into an illustrious and scholarly family, Eva was the maternal granddaughter of the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BACHARACH — (Bachrach; also spelled Bacherach, Bachrich), name of several families originally from bacharach on the Rhine. GOTTSCHALK OF BACHARACH is mentioned in Frankfurt in 1391 and EPHRAIM GUMBRECHT BACHARACH in 1457. MENAHEM (Man) BACHARACH was rabbi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SAMUEL BEN DAVID MOSES HA-LEVI — (1625?–1681), Polish rabbi. Samuel was born in Poland and studied under david b. samuel ha levi and shabbetai horowitz . He lived at first in Mezhirech in the district of Poznan. When Mezhirech was destroyed by Czarniecki in 1656, Samuel escaped… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Eva Bacharach — (born Prague about 1580; died in Sofia, 1651) was a Hebraist and rabbinical scholar. She was the daughter of Isaac ben Simson ha Kohen, and through her mother, Vögele, granddaughter of the well known rabbi of Prague, Judah Loew ben Bezalel. Her… … Wikipedia
Eva Bacharach — (* um 1580 in Prag; † 1651 in Sofia) war eine jüdische Hebraistin. Sie war die Tochter von Isaac ben Simson ha Kohen und Enkelin des bekannten Rabbi Löw aus Prag. Sie war außerdem die Großmutter des Jair Bacharach. Als Tochter einer solch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
OPPENHEIM (Oppenheimer), DAVID BEN ABRAHAM — (1664–1736), rabbi. Born in Worms, his teachers were gershon ashkenazi of Metz, Jacob Ashkenazi, Benjamin Wolf Epstein of Friedberg, and isaac benjamin Wolf b. Eliezer Lipman of Landsberg. While he was still a boy, he maintained a scholarly… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
WORMS — WORMS, city in Germany. Documentary evidence points to the settlement of Jews in Worms at the end of the tenth century. The community grew during the 11th century, and a synagogue was inaugurated in 1034. In 1076–77 there was already a Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AḤARONIM — (Heb. אַחֲרוֹנִים; lit. the later (authorities), a term used to designate the later rabbinic authorities, in contrast to the rishonim , the earlier authorities. Although scholars differ as to the exact chronological dividing line between the two … Encyclopedia of Judaism
