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MENACHEM MENDEL OF RIMANOV (1745–1815) was a Hasidic Rebbe and author. Born in Neustadt, Nowe Miasto, he was introduced to Hasidut at the age of 11 when he met Dovber of Mezeritch. He was taught by Eli...
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MENACHEM MENDEL OF RIMANOV (1745–1815) was a Hasidic Rebbe and author. Born in Neustadt, Nowe Miasto, he was introduced to Hasidut at the age of 11 when he met Dovber of Mezeritch. He was taught by Eli...
10/20/2018
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Documents * Sefer יRabbi Shem Klingsberg of Zalushitz (1872-1943) was the author of Ohelei Shem and one of the greatest kabbalah scholars of his time. A descendant of the Chassidic dynasties of Ziditsc...
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Documents * Sefer יRabbi Shem Klingsberg of Zalushitz (1872-1943) was the author of Ohelei Shem and one of the greatest kabbalah scholars of his time. A descendant of the Chassidic dynasties of Ziditsc...
12/4/2016
Jacob Frank MP (1726 - d.)
"Jaakow ben Juda Lejb", "Lejbowicz", "Józef Dobrucki"
Jakob Frank) (1726-1791) was a Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of both the 17th century C.E. self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi and King David a 10th Century B.C.E. ruler...
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Jacob Frank MP (1726 - d.)
"Jaakow ben Juda Lejb", "Lejbowicz", "Józef Dobrucki"
Jakob Frank) (1726-1791) was a Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of both the 17th century C.E. self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi and King David a 10th Century B.C.E. ruler...
6/29/2016
Death Krakow 1823 №158
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Halevi Epstein (born Neustadt, Poland, circa 1753), known as The holy Maor Vashemesh , was a rabbi, preacher, author and kabbalist.
The youngest y...
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Death Krakow 1823 №158
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Halevi Epstein (born Neustadt, Poland, circa 1753), known as The holy Maor Vashemesh , was a rabbi, preacher, author and kabbalist.
The youngest y...
9/7/2015
Knorr von Rosenroth (July 15/16, 1636 – May 4, 1689) was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born at Alt-Raudten, today Stara Rudna in Silesia. After having completed his studies in the ...
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Knorr von Rosenroth (July 15/16, 1636 – May 4, 1689) was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born at Alt-Raudten, today Stara Rudna in Silesia. After having completed his studies in the ...
2/14/2015
His birthplace is unknown, but the name Cordovero indicates that his family originated in Córdoba, Spain and perhaps fled from there during the expulsion of 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition. His Heb...
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His birthplace is unknown, but the name Cordovero indicates that his family originated in Córdoba, Spain and perhaps fled from there during the expulsion of 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition. His Heb...
1/16/2015
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( משה חיים לוצאטו, also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707, Padua – 18 May 1746, Acre (26 Iyar 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, רמח"ל), was ...
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Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( משה חיים לוצאטו, also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707, Padua – 18 May 1746, Acre (26 Iyar 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, רמח"ל), was ...
12/8/2014
רבי גרשון שאול יום-טוב ליפמן הלוי הלר ולרשטיין (ה'של"ט 1579 - ו' באלול ה'תי"ד 1654) - (מכונה "התוספות יום-טוב") היה מגדולי חכמי אשכנז ופולין ומגדולי פרשני המשנה, בעל פירוש "תוספות יום טוב" על המשנה אשר...
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רבי גרשון שאול יום-טוב ליפמן הלוי הלר ולרשטיין (ה'של"ט 1579 - ו' באלול ה'תי"ד 1654) - (מכונה "התוספות יום-טוב") היה מגדולי חכמי אשכנז ופולין ומגדולי פרשני המשנה, בעל פירוש "תוספות יום טוב" על המשנה אשר...
9/23/2014
Pope Andreas The legend first appears in print in 1602 in the Basle edition of the Yiddish Mayse Bukh. Four earlier Hebrew versions of the legend, written between the early fourteenth and the early six...
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Pope Andreas The legend first appears in print in 1602 in the Basle edition of the Yiddish Mayse Bukh. Four earlier Hebrew versions of the legend, written between the early fourteenth and the early six...
9/17/2014
Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica (Yiddish: איזשביצא, איזביצא Izhbitza, Izbitse, Ishbitza) (1801-1854) was a rabbinic Hasidic thinker and founder of the Izhbitza-Radzyn dynasty of Hasidic Judaism.Rabbi ...
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Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica (Yiddish: איזשביצא, איזביצא Izhbitza, Izbitse, Ishbitza) (1801-1854) was a rabbinic Hasidic thinker and founder of the Izhbitza-Radzyn dynasty of Hasidic Judaism.Rabbi ...
9/15/2014
Seckel Löb Mattes, as he was originally called, was born in Michelstadt about 1768. At the age of 16, he studied at the Yeshivah in Frankfurt. After 6 years he returned to Michelstadt, where he led a m...
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Seckel Löb Mattes, as he was originally called, was born in Michelstadt about 1768. At the age of 16, he studied at the Yeshivah in Frankfurt. After 6 years he returned to Michelstadt, where he led a m...
9/7/2013
Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , ישראל אבוחצירא , known as the Baba Sali (Arabic: بابا صلى, Hebrew: באבא סאלי, lit. "Praying Father") (1890–1984) was a leading Moroccan Sephardic rabbi and kabbalist who w...
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Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , ישראל אבוחצירא , known as the Baba Sali (Arabic: بابا صلى, Hebrew: באבא סאלי, lit. "Praying Father") (1890–1984) was a leading Moroccan Sephardic rabbi and kabbalist who w...
8/28/2013
The Rebbe was sixth-generation descendant of both the Ba'al Shem Tov and the Zlotichver Maggid.He traced his lineage to Rashi, Maharal, Rema, and the "Sheloh" (R. Isaiah HaLevi Horowitz 1565-1630)Skoly...
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The Rebbe was sixth-generation descendant of both the Ba'al Shem Tov and the Zlotichver Maggid.He traced his lineage to Rashi, Maharal, Rema, and the "Sheloh" (R. Isaiah HaLevi Horowitz 1565-1630)Skoly...
8/27/2013
Sabbatai Zevi MP (1626 - 1676)
"Shabbetai Tzvi", "Sabbatai Ẓevi", "Shabbetai Ẓevi", "Sabbata", "AMIRAH", "False messiah- Shabtai Zvi / שבתי צבי משיח שקר / شبتاي تسفي كاذبة المسيح", "Shabetai Zvi", "Shabtai Tzvi", "Sabbatai Zevi", "שַׁבְּתַאי צְבִי", "Sabbatai"
Sabbatai Zevi (שַׁבְּתַאי צְבִי Shabbetai Tzvi, other spellings include Sabbatai Ẓevi, Shabbetai Ẓevi, Sabbatai Sevi, and Sabetay Sevi in Turkish) (August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676 was a Sephardi...
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Sabbatai Zevi MP (1626 - 1676)
"Shabbetai Tzvi", "Sabbatai Ẓevi", "Shabbetai Ẓevi", "Sabbata", "AMIRAH", "False messiah- Shabtai Zvi / שבתי צבי משיח שקר / شبتاي تسفي كاذبة المسيح", "Shabetai Zvi", "Shabtai Tzvi", "Sabbatai Zevi", "שַׁבְּתַאי צְבִי", "Sabbatai"
Sabbatai Zevi (שַׁבְּתַאי צְבִי Shabbetai Tzvi, other spellings include Sabbatai Ẓevi, Shabbetai Ẓevi, Sabbatai Sevi, and Sabetay Sevi in Turkish) (August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676 was a Sephardi...
6/20/2013
Eleazer ben Shimon Jewish Encyclopedia
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Eleazer ben Shimon Jewish Encyclopedia
4/25/2013
Simeon bar Yochai , also known by his acronym Rashbi, was a famous 1st-century Tannaic (Mishnaic, ed.) sage in ancient Israel, active after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. He was one of ...
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4/25/2013
Simeon bar Yochai , also known by his acronym Rashbi, was a famous 1st-century Tannaic (Mishnaic, ed.) sage in ancient Israel, active after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. He was one of ...
4/25/2013
Rabbi Amram Blau (1894–1974) הרב עמרם בלוי was a Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem misunderstood by most. He was one of the founders of the Neturei Karta. Many religious fanatics ...
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Rabbi Amram Blau (1894–1974) הרב עמרם בלוי was a Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem misunderstood by most. He was one of the founders of the Neturei Karta. Many religious fanatics ...
4/21/2013
The Zlotchover maggid was the scion of an illustrious family of rabbis and kabbalists from Galicia who lived and operated in the town of Brody and its environs; the maggid’s great-grandfather was R. Mo...
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The Zlotchover maggid was the scion of an illustrious family of rabbis and kabbalists from Galicia who lived and operated in the town of Brody and its environs; the maggid’s great-grandfather was R. Mo...
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