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Serach bat Asher MP
(deceased)
Genesis 46:17 Numbers 26:46 1 Chronicles 7:30-31 Serah bat Asher was, in the Tanach, a daughter of Asher, the son of Jacob. She is counted among the seventy members of the patriarch's family wh...
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Elijah the Prophet MP
(deceased)
Eiljah the Prophet - Wikipedia Why is Elijah Invited during the Seder? אליהו הנביא – קישור ויקיפדיה - עברית אנגלית אליהו התישבי הנביא
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Judah ben Ilai MP
(c.60 - d.)
Judah bar Ilai Judah bar Ilai, also known as Judah ben Ilai, Rabbi Judah or Judah the Palestinian יהודה בר מערבא, Yehuda bar Ma'arava, lit. "Judah of the West"), was a tanna of the 2nd Century and so...
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Yose HaGelil MP
(c.50 - d.)
Jose the Galilean , Jewith Encyclopedia Jose the Galilean יוסי הגלילי , (Yose HaGelili) was a Jewish sage who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries of the common era. He was one of the Tannaim, the ra...
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Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz MP
(1857 - 1914)
Days of Wine and Matzos The Manischewitz tale begins with Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz born in Lithuania. His surname in his native Russia was Abramsohn/Abramson, but he purchased the passport of a de...
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Simon שמעון ben Zoma בן זומא MP
(deceased)
Simon ben Zoma: His Life, His way in Halacha and with Aggadah and in Mystery (Read/Listen to book in Hebrew) Simon ben Zoma or simply Ben Zoma בן זומא was a Tanna of the first third of the 2nd cent...
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Rabbi Tarfon, רבי טרפון, MP
(c.70 - c.150)
Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon, רבי טרפון , (from the Greek Tryphon), a Kohen, a member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Second Temple (70 ...
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Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah MP
(deceased)
Joshua ben Hananiah יהושע בן חנניה (d.131CE) was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Temple. He was of Levitical descent (Ma'as. Sh. v. 9), and served in the sanc...
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Rabbi Eliezer ben Horkanos / בן הורקנוס, אליעזר בן הורקנוס MP
(deceased)
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (the surname coming from the father's Hellenized name) אליעזר בן הורקנוס , a Kohen, was one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, disciple of R. Johanan ben ...
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Rabbi Akiva / רבי עקיבא MP
(40 - 137)
Akiva ben Joseph (ca.40–ca.137 CE), widely known as Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: רבי עקיבא), was a tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century (3rd tannaitic generation). ...
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Elazar Ben Azariah, אלעזר בן עזריה MP
(deceased)
Eleazar ben Azariah אלעזר בן עזריה , was a 1st-century CE Palestinian tanna (Mishnaic sage). He was of the second generation and a junior contemporary of Gamaliel II, Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, and Joshua ...
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Rabban Gamliel I, Hazaken רבן גמליאל הזקן, נשיא הסנהדרין MP
(b. - 68)
Gamaliel the Elder , or Rabbi Gamaliel I (גמליאל הזקן; Greek: Γαμαλιήλ ο Πρεσβύτερος), was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the mid first century. Gamaliel holds a reputation in the Mishnah fo...
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Laban / לבן הארמי MP
(-1954 - -1795)
Laban (Bible) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Laban and Jacob make a covenant together, as narrated in Genesis 31:44-54. Laban (Hebrew: לָבָן, Modern Lavan Tiberian Lāḇān ; "White") is the son ...
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Joshua / יהושע בן נון . MP
(c.-1500 - c.-1390)
Joshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Y'hoshuʿa; Greek: Ἰησοῦς, Arabic: يوشع بن نون Yusha ʿ ibn Nūn), is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel (Num 13-14) and in few passages as Moses'...
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Hillel Hazaken הלל הזקן, נשיא הסנהדרין - 'The Elder' grandfather of Gamaliel I MP
(c.-110 - c.10)
Hillel the Elder הלל הזקן (author of "The Golden Rule") Hillel (הלל) (born Babylon traditionally c.110BCE-10CE in Jerusalem) was a famous Jewish religious leader, one of the most important figures in J...
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Zipporah / ציפורה . MP
(deceased)
Exodus 2:16-22 - Marriage. Exodus 4:18-26 - Zipporah at the inn. Exodus 18:1-6. Numbers 12:1-16. Wikipedia: Zipporah & ציפורה .
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Moses / משה רבינו MP
(-1393 - -1273)
Moses - Wikipedia Exodus 2:1-10 Birth. Exodus 2:21-22 Marriage to Zipporah and birth of sons. Exodus 6:14-27 Extensive genealogy and family history listed. Wikipedia: Moses and משה .
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Aaron / אהרן הכהן MP
(c.-1397 - c.-1274)
Exodus 6:16-23. 1 Chronicles 23:13. Aaron In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron (Hebrew: אַהֲרֹן Ahărōn, Arabic: هارون Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Prie...
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Miriam / מרים הנביאה MP
(c.-1396 - c.-1280)
Exodus 2:4-7 is mentioned (unnamed), as guarding/watching her infant brother Moses, when he is hidden in the basket of reeds, on the Nile. Numbers 26:59. Wikipedia: Miriam & מרים
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Nahshon ben Aminadav / נחשון בן עמינדב MP
(-1450 - -1239)
1391 Nahshon נַחְשׁוֹ ן or Nachshon ben Aminadav (נחשון בן עמינדב; "Nahshon son of Aminadav" ) was, according to the Book of Exodus, the son of Amminadab; descendant in the fifth generation of Judah, ...
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Bithiah, de Egypt MP
(c.1275 - d.)
Bithiah, in Hebrew Bitya (בִּתְיָה, literally daughter of God) was the daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt. The name of her father is not in the Bible, but Rabbinic Midrash makes her the daughter of one of ...
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Jethro / Reuel / Shu-ayb / יתרו / רעואל / شعيب . MP
(deceased)
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, who was a renowned priest in Midian, ( some say the wisest of men in the area, and that Pharaoh consulted with him ). Jethro , Yitro , was a spiritual seeker of a universa...
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Queen Esther / אסתר המלכה Queen of Persia MP
(c.-505 - -425)
Wikipedia: Queen Esther and אסתר המלכ ה . Book of Esther , Wikipedia . Book of Esther - English & Hebrew . Mordechai, Esther's foster-parent and cousin on Geni .
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Jochebed / יוכבד . MP
(c.-1650 - d.)
Exodus 6:20 . Numbers 26:59 . Jochebed / Yokabar / יוכבד Married her nephew. -------------------- עיברית - ויקשיבה
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Amram / עמרם . MP
(c.-1650 - c.-1590)
Wikipedia: Amram, Moses' father . Jewish Encyclopedia - Amram . Amram .
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