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1. Ashre JE The initial word of the verses Ps. lxxxiv. 5 [A. V. 4] and cxliv. 15, which verses are always prefixed to Ps. cxlv. in its...
2. Ashre Ha-'am JE Ps. lxxxix. 16, prefixed to "Ashre" on the Day of Memorial, or New-Year, immediately after the sounding of the Shofar. It...
3. Ashtaroth JE A city east of the Jordan on the table-land of Gilead. It was the capital of the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan (Josh. ix....
4. Ashteroth Karnaim JE A town east of the Jordan (Gen. xiv. 5; "Onomastica," ed. Lagarde, 209, 61, 213, 39); called simply "Karnaim" in Amos vi...
5. Ashtoreth JE The name given in the Old Testament to the old Semitic mother-goddess, called in Phenicia, Ashtarte; in Babylonia, Ishtar...
6. Reuben Dhondji Ashtumkar JE Beni-Israel, soldier; born near Bombay, India, about 1820; He entered military service in the Eighth Regiment native infantry...
7. Ashura JE A fast-day among the Mohammedans, observed on the tenth day of the month MuḦarram, and derived from the Jewish Day of...
8. Ashyan JE The name of several Palestinian amoraim and of one, probably Babylonian, amora. 1. Ashyan, "the Carpenter (Naggara)," of the...
9. Asia JE The largest continent, and the most ancient seat of civilization, constituting the greater part of the Eastern hemisphere...
10. Asia Minor JE The western extremity of Asia, which seems to have been known to the Jews at a relatively early date; for to this region belong...
11. Asiel JE 1. Found only in the genealogy of Simeon (I Chron. iv. 35). 2. One of the five skilled writers who wrote the law for Ezra...
12. 'asiyah JE The last of the four spiritual worlds of the Cabala—Aẓilut, Beriah, Yeẓirah, 'Asiyah—based on...
13. Max Askanazy JE German physician; born at Stallupönen, East Prussia, Feb. 24, 1865. He received his education at the gymnasium in K&#246...
14. Selly Askanazy JE German physician; born Sept. 8, 1866, at Stallupönen, East Prussia. He attended the Kneiphof Gymnasium at Königsberg...
15. Simon Askenazy JE Polish historian; born in 1867 at Zawichwost, government of Radom, in Russian Poland; studied at the universities of Warsaw...
16. Isaac Lvovich Asknazi JE Russian painter; born at Drissa Jan. 28, 1856; died Dec. 21, 1902, at Moscow. He entered the St. Petersburg Academy in 1870...
17. Asma JE Arab poetess, contemporary with Mohammed; daughter of Marwan; was married to an Arab of the tribe of the Banu Ḥatmah...
18. Asmakta JE A word meaning "support," "reliance" (Ket. 67a); hence it is used to designate a Bible text quoted in support of a rabbinical...
19. Asmodeus JE Name of the prince of demons. The meaning of the name and the identity of the two forms here given are still in dispute. ...
20. Asmonean JE ...
21. Asnapper JE A person who transplanted the mixed multitude of tribes from Babylon to Samaria after the fall of the latter city (Ezra iv...
22. Asolo JE Town in the province of Treviso, Italy. A Jewish congregation existed there in the middle of the sixteenth century, perhaps...
23. Aspalathus JE A word found only in the Apocrypha (Ecclus. [Sirach] xxiv. 15). From the context it appears to be the name of a fragrant wood...
24. Asphar JE A pool in the wilderness of Tekoah, where Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus pitched their tents when they fled before the army...
25. Asriel JE Eponym of the family of Asrielites, found in the genealogy of Manasseh (Num. xxvi. 31; Joshua, xvii. 2). In I Chron. vii....
26. Ass JE The Bible knows both the wild and the domestic Ass. (1) The wild Ass ("pere" or "'arod") generally roamed about in herds...
27. Ass-worship JE The accusation that Jews worshiped the ass was for four centuries persistently made by certain Greek and Latin writers. Various...
28. Assaban( JE Rabbi and author; born at Morocco in 1700 and died at Aleppo about 1760. He was chief rabbi of Leghorn, and emigrated to Jerusalem...
29. Assault And Battery JE An English law term for injury to the person—a crime recognized from the earliest stages of human law. Disputes about...
30. The Great Assembly JE ...
31. Carel Asser JE Dutch jurist; son of Moses Salomon Asser; born at Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 15, 1780; died Aug. 3, 1836. He studied law and...
32. Carel Asser JE Dutch jurist and scholar; born at The Hague, June 1, 1843; died at Leyden, Dec. 10, 1898. He was a son of Louis Asser, judge...
33. Moses Salomon Asser JE Dutch jurist; born in Amsterdam Aug., 1754; died there Nov. 4, 1826. Although originally intended for trade, he took up the...
34. Tobias Michael Carel Asser JE Dutch jurist; born at Amsterdam April 28, 1838. His father was Carel Daniel Asser (1813-85). His mother was a sister of Godefroi...
35. Assessment Of Taxes JE See Finta, Revenue of. This article is Rated: 2.86 ...
36. Asshur JE Name of a city once the capital of Assyria. Asshur was apparently the first important town built by the early colonists of...
37. Asshurites JE A nation descended from Abraham and Keturah (Gen. xxv. 3). In prophetic literature the nation is mentioned as being engaged...
38. Assi JE A prænomen of several amoraim, which, with its variants, is a modification or diminutive of "Joseph" (compare Bacher...
39. Assignment JE According to common law, "the transferring and setting over to another of some right, title, or interest in things in which...
40. David Assur Assing JE German physician and poet; born at Königsberg in 1787; died April 25, 1842. He studied at the universities of T&#252...
41. Ludmilla Assing JE German authoress; born in Hamburg Feb. 22, 1821; died March 25, 1880, in Florence, Italy. She was the daughter of Dr. David...
42. Assir JE 1. A son of Korah, a Levite (Ex. vi. 24, and in the list of I Chron. vi. 7). 2. Son of Ebiasaph and great-grandson of Assir...
43. Assize Of Jewry JE An expression used in the thirteenth century in England for the laws and customs regulating the relations between Jews and...
44. Michelangelo Asson JE Italian physician and medical author; born at Verona June 21, 1802; died at Venice Dec. 2, 1877. Asson's father dying...
45. Assumptio Mosis JE See Apocalyptic Literature, § 4. This article is Rated: 2.86...
46. Assyria JE The name "Assyria" is the Greek form of the native "Asshur," the city on the west of the Tigris, near its confluence with...
47. Assyriology And The Old Testament JE The science of Assyriology (the interpretation of the cuneiform inscriptions), which has originated and developed with such...
48. Astarte Worship Among The Hebrews JE Astarte is the Phenician name of the primitive Semitic mother-goddess, out of which the most important of the Semitic deities...
49. Asti JE Town in the province of Alessandria, Italy, on the left bank of the Tanaro; population 32,000. Although now of no great importance...
50. Astrakhan JE Capital of the government of the same name in Russia, situated on the left bank of the Volga, about sixty miles from the Caspian...
51. Astrology JE Neither (Isa. xlvii. 13), which the Greek translation renders "astrologers," nor (Dan. ii. 27 et seq.), the technical designation...
52. Astronomy JE Biblical Astronomy, in the broad sense, includes the views taken in the books of the Bible of the position of the earth in...
53. Astruc JE A prænomen used frequently by Jews in southern France and eastern Spain; used to this day as a family name in France...
54. Astruc Crescas JE ...
55. Astruc En-duran JE See Abba Mari ben Moses of Lunel. This article is Rated: 2.91 ...
56. Elie-aristide Astruc JE French rabbi and author; born at Bordeaux, Nov. 12, 1831. He received his early education in his native city and took a course...
57. Astruc DÉs Gabbai JE Provençal scholar; lived at Béziers toward the end of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth...
58. Jean Astruc JE Physician and founder of modern Pentateuch criticism; born at Sauve, France, March 19, 1684; died in Paris May 5, 1766. His...
59. Astruc Kalonymus JE ...
60. Astruc Ha-levi Of Daroca JE Talmudic scholar; lived in Spain at the end of the fourteenth and at the beginning of the fifteenth century. He was a delegate...
61. Astruc De Porte JE ...
62. Diose Carne) Astruc Raimuch (francisco Godflesh JE ...
63. Zacharie Astruc JE French sculptor, painter, and author; born at Angers, department of Maine-et-Loire, in 1839. While still a boy he left his...
64. Asufot JE "Collection"; that is, the name of a medieval compilation of laws, customs, habits, and practises of a religious character...
65. Asuta Asusa JE A sentiment expressed toward one who is sneezing. In Tosef., Shab. vii. (viii.) 5 it is declared to be a forbidden heathen...
66. Asverus JE ...
67. Asylum JE A place of refuge for slaves, debtors, political offenders, and criminals; a sacred spot, a sanctuary, altar, or grave, protected...
68. Asylums (charitable Institutions) JE ...
69. Atad JE A place on the eastern side of the Jordan where Jacob's funeral cortège stopped and mourned for him (Gen. l. 10,...
70. Ataki JE Town in the province of Bessarabia, Russia, on the right bank of the Dniester, opposite Mohilev. Of the 1,000 families composing...
71. Atarah JE A wife of Jerahmeel and the mother of Onam (I Chron. ii. 26). If Jerahmeel, as seems probable, is the name of a clan, the...
72. Atargatis JE A Syrian divinity referred to in the Apocrypha. A temple of Atargatis existed in Carnion or Carnaim (I Macc. v. 24; II Macc...
73. Ataroth JE District in Palestine, east of the Jordan. This place is mentioned along with Dibon and Jazer as a very fertile tract of land...
74. Ataroth JE The name of several towns in Palestine:1. A city on the eastern side of the Dead Sea in the land taken from Moab and given...
75. Atbash JE See Gemaṭria. This article is Rated: 2.84 ...
76. Atel JE The capital of the Chazars in the tenth century; situated about eight English miles from Astrakhan. Together with the city...
77. Ater JE A family that returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii. 16; Neh. vii. 21), the head of which signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh...
78. Athach JE A town in Judah, to the inhabitants of which David sent a part of the spoil taken from the Amalekites (I Sam. xxx, 30). It...
79. Athaliah JE Daughter of Ahab (II Kings viii. 26) and, presumably, of Jezebel; also called the daughter of Omri (II Chron. xxii. 2). The...
80. Athanasius JE Bishop of Alexandria; born in 293, probably in Alexandria; died there May 2, 373. Athanasius was the greatest combatant of...
81. Atheism JE A term derived from the Greek, meaning literally the "disbelief in a God." As originally used in the writings of the people...
82. Athenians in Talmud and Midrash JE The Jewish folk-lore of Palestine was fond of contrasting the inhabitants of Athens and of Jerusalem, and of opposing the...
83. Ancient Athens JE The principal city of Greece, situated five miles from its seaport, Piræus, on the Saronic gulf. When, as a result of...
84. Modern Athens JE The Jewish community of Athens is hardly thirty years old. One of the oldest families, if not the oldest, is that of Max Rothschild...
85. Athias JE A Spanish family distinguished by the great number of its scholars and promoters of learning. The name is spelled in Hebrew...
86. Athletes, Athletics, And Field-sports JE Men who perform feats of strength, or practise games and sports the pursuit of which depends on physical strength; the feats...
87. Athribis JE A city, during the Ptolemaic period, in Lower Egypt on the Damietta arm of the Nile near the present Benḥa (Ben&#7717...
88. Athronges JE Leader of the Jews during the insurrection under Archelaus (4 B.C.—6 C. E.). A shepherd and bold adventurer, without...
89. Atlanta JE Since 1868 capital of the State of Georgia in the United States. The city was captured and burned by the United States troops...
90. Elazar (lazar) Atlas JE Literary critic; son of David Atlas; born March 5, 1851, in Beisegola, in the government of Kowno, Russia. His early years...
91. Atomism JE The theory concerning atoms. Two opinions of the nature of matter were professed in the Greek philosophical schools. The Eleatic...
92. Atonement JE The setting at one, or reconciliation, of two estranged parties—translation used in the Authorized Version for "kapparah...
93. Day Of Atonement JE The term , "Yom Kippur," is late rabbinic. The Biblical laws relating to it are found in Lev. xvi. (ceremonies); ib. xxiii...
94. Attah Hore'ta JE The first of a series of versicles, seventeen in number, chanted on the Rejoicing of the Law in the Northern ritual, before...
95. Attai JE Son of the Egyptian Jarha, to whom Sheshan the Jerahmeelite gave his daughter to wife (I Chron. ii. 35, 36).2. A Gadite chieftain...
96. Ibn Attar JE A family name among the Sephardic Jews. In Arabic the word "attar" means "apothecary" or "spice-dealer"; but it is found Hebraized...
97. Attestation Of Documents (hatimah) JE The general rule of evidence is that a fact can be established only by the testimony of two witnesses. With the introduction...
98. Isaac B Isaiah Attia JE Talmudic scholar; lived in Aleppo in the nineteenth century. He was the author of the following works, published in Leghorn...
99. Attorney JE A legal representative, empowered to plead on behalf of the person represented. Attorneys at law are unknown in Jewish law...
100. Power Of (harshaah) Attorney JE An instrument empowering an agent to act on behalf of a principal. The following formula of a Power of Attorney is taken from...
101. Attributes JE The fundamental and permanent properties of substance, so-called by logicians in contradistinction to accidents, which are...
102. Hirsch Aub JE Rabbi and Talmudist; born, 1796, in Baiersdorf, a small town near Erlangen, the birthplace of a number of prominent Jews;...
103. Joseph Aub JE Oculist; born in 1846; died May 13, 1888, at Cincinnati, O. He attended the Talmud Yelodim Institute and the public schools...
104. Joseph Aub JE German rabbi; cousin of Hirsch Aub; born at Beiersdorf, in Bavaria, 1805; died May 22, 1880. He held various rabbinical posts...
105. Ludwig Aub JE Author and poet; born Aug. 4, 1862, in Munich, Germany. He is a grandson of the rabbi Hirsch Aub, of Munich. When his father...
106. Hugues Aubriot JE A provost of Paris, France; born at Dijon; died in Burgundy in 1382. He was in office at the accession of Charles VI. (1380)...
107. Leopold Auer JE Hungarian violinist; son of a poor house-painter; born in Veszprim, Hungary, June 7, 1845. His musical talent manifested itself...
108. Auerbach JE A family of scholars, the progenitor of which was Moses Auerbach, court Jew to the bishop of Regensburg, about 1497. One of...
109. Abraham Ben Abiezri Selig Auerbach JE German rabbi; born at Buxweiler, Alsace, in the middle of the eighteenth century; died at Bonn Nov. 3, 1846. Being a descendant...
110. Baruch Auerbach JE Educator and philanthropist; born in Inowrazlaw, in the province of Posen, Prussia, Aug. 14, 1793; died at Berlin, Jan. 22...
111. Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach JE One of the most prominent leaders of modern German orthodoxy; born at Neuwied in 1808; died at Halberstadt Sept. 30, 1872...
112. Berthold (baruch) Auerbach JE German author; born in the Black Forest village of Nordstetten, Germany, Feb. 28, 1812; died at Cannes, France, Feb. 8, 1882...
113. Eliezer Ben Hayyim Auerbach JE ...
114. Felix Auerbach JE German physicist; born Nov. 12, 1856, in Berlin. He was only twenty years old when he graduated from the university of his...
115. Hayyim B Isaac Auerbach JE Rabbi at Lencziza, Russia, and author; of the first half of the nineteenth century. He was the contemporary and friend of...
116. Isaac B Hayyim Auerbach JE Polish rabbi; lived in the first half of the nineteenth century; was first rabbi at Dobria, near Kalisz, then at Plock; later...
117. Isaac ( Auerbach JE Grammarian, and exponent of Rashi; flourished toward the beginning of the eighteenth century at Fürth, Amsterdam, and...
118. Isaac Levin Auerbach JE A German preacher, educator, and author; born at Inowraclaw, Prussia, March 21, 1791; died at Dessau July 5, 1853. He was...
119. Jacob Auerbach JE Educator and author; born at Emmendingen, Baden, Nov. 14, 1810; died Oct. 31, 1887. He received his early education in Carlsruhe...
120. Joseph Danziger Auerbach JE Author of "Darke Yesharim" (Paths of the Righteous), a treatise on ethics and morals in the Yiddish dialect, published in...
121. Leopold Auerbach JE German physician and biologist; born at Breslau April 27, 1828; died there Sept. 30, 1897. He studied in Breslau, Leipsic...
122. Loeb B Israel Auerbach (judah) JE Galician Talmudist of the second half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of "Meḥoḳeḳ Yehudah" (The...
123. Meir B Isaac Auerbach JE Talmudist and chief rabbi of the Ashkenazim in Jerusalem; born Feb. 10, 1815, at Dobria near Kalish, Russian Poland; died...
124. Menahem Mendel Ben Meshullam Solomon Auerbach JE Austrian rabbi, banker, and commentator; born in Vienna at the beginning of the seventeenth century; died at Krotoschin, Posen...
125. Meshullam Solomon Auerbach JE See Auerbach, Menahem Mendel, and Auerbach Family. This article is Rated:&nbsp...
126. Perez B Menahem Nahum Auerbach JE Polish Talmudist; flourished in the first half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of the work, "Peër Halakah"...
127. Phineas Ben Simon Wolf Auerbach JE Rabbi and Talmudist; lived at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. He was chief of the court...
128. Samuel B David Tebele Auerbach JE A cabalistic commentator on the Bible; flourished in the seventeenth century. His father, David, died as a martyr during the...
129. Simeon Auerbach JE See Auerbach Family. This article is Rated: 2.86 ...
130. Simon (ze'eb) Wolf B David Tebele Auerbach JE Talmudist and rabbi of several large communities; born at Posen about 1550; died Nov. 12, 1631, at Prague. His father was...
131. Solomon Heymann Auerbach JE Hebrew scholar; born at Posen at the end of the eighteenth century; died there in 1836. He translated Habakkuk into German...
132. Augsburg JE Capital of the districts of Swabia and Neuburg, Bavaria. According to tradition, it is one of the oldest Jewish communities...
133. Augury JE Originally, prophesying by the flight of birds; but later the term was applied to all forms of foretelling (augur = avi-gur...
134. Augusta JE The capital of Richmond county, Georgia, received its first Jewish settlers about 1825, when a Mr. Florence arrived with his...
135. Friedrich Albrecht Augusti JE German author; born at Frankfort-on-the-Oder in 1691; died at Eschberge May 13, 1782. He received the usual Jewish education...
136. Augustine JE The greatest and most important of the Latin church fathers; born Nov. 13, 354, at Tagaste, a town of Numidia; died at Hippo...
137. Augustinus Ricius JE ...
138. Augustow JE District town in the government of Suvalk, Russian Poland, on the River Netta and the Lake Biale. In 1887 the Jewish population...
139. Augustus JE The first Roman emperor that bore the honorary title of "Augustus"; born Sept. 23, 63 B.C.; died at Nola, Campania, Aug. 19...
140. The Strong Augustus Ii JE Elector of Saxony 1694-1733, and from 1697 king of Poland with the title Frederick Augustus I.; born at Dresden May 12, 1670...
141. Augustus Iii JE Elector of Saxony, and as such Frederick Augustus II., king of Poland; son of Augustus II., "the Strong"; born at Dresden...
142. Auranitis JE ...
143. Aurum Coronarium JE A tax paid to the emperor by all the Roman provinces. Originally it was a voluntary contribution toward the golden crown to...
144. Aus Of KuraiẒa JE A poet belonging to the Jewish tribe of Ḳuraiẓa in Medina. When this tribe was besieged by Mohammed, the wife...
145. Heinrich Auspitz JE Austrian dermatologist; born at Nikolsburg, Moravia, Sept. 2, 1835; died May 23, 1886, at Vienna, barely two years after succeeding...
146. Jacob Auspitz JE Geographical writer; lived at Budapest, Hungary, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He was the author of "Be&#235...
147. Rudolf Auspitz JE Austrian member of parliament and leading manufacturer; born at Vienna July 7, 1837. He is a member of one of the oldest and...
148. Aussee JE Town in Moravia, Austria. It had a Jewish community in the seventeenth century. In 1622 Emperor Ferdinand II. presented the...
149. Austerlitz JE Town in Moravia, Austria. Its Jewish congregation is one of the oldest in the province; according to some historians, dating...
150. Austerlitz JE Name of a Jewish family. As is the case with all names derived from places, the surname "Austerlitz" does not necessarily...
151. Australia JE The island-continent between the Indian and Pacific oceans. In more senses than one it has been a land of sunshine to the...
152. Austria JE Empire in Europe now united with the kingdom of Hungary; its territorial extent has changed considerably during the past thousand...
153. Authentication Of Documents (kiyyum, Asharta, Henpek) JE An official certificate of genuineness. This is either the result of actual litigation on the subject, in which case the decision...
154. Rabbinical Authority JE The power or right of deciding the Law, in dubious cases, or of interpreting, modifying, or amplifying, and occasionally of...
155. Auto Da FÉ JE Portuguese form of the Spanish "auto de fé" (in French, "acte de foi," from the Latin "actus fidei"), the solemn proclamation...
156. Auxerre JE Chief city of the department of Yonne, France. Since the eleventh century an important community of Jews existed here and...
157. Frederick Christian Benedict AvÉ-lallement JE Noted criminologist; born in Lübeck May 23, 1809; died there July 20, 1892. In his standard work, "Das Deutsche Gaunertum...
158. Aven JE 1. One of several Egyptian cities threatened with God's vengeance (Ezek. xxx. 17). The name is evidently a corruption...
159. Georges Avenel JE French author; born at Chaumont-en-Vexin, department of the Oise, France, Dec. 31, 1828; died at Bougival July 1, 1876. He...
160. Henri Mayer Avenel JE French author; born in Paris, March 7, 1853. He is an adopted son of Paul Avenel. He began his career by editing "L' &#201...
161. Paul Avenel JE French author; born at Chaumont-en-Vexin, department of the Oise, France, Oct. 9, 1823. After a brief course in medicine at...
162. Avenger Of Blood JE (Hebrew "go'el"): The Hebrew name for the clansman, "next of kin," upon whom devolved the duties: (1) of avenging, on...
163. Averroes JE Arabian philosopher of the twelfth century; born at Cordova in 1126; died in 1198. Although himself a prolific writer on philosophy...
164. Averroism JE Averroes, like his contemporary Maimonides, was a strict Peripatetic; yet they differed greatly in matters of faith. While...
165. Avesta JE The canonical book of the religious sect known as the Parsees, more frequently though less precisely called Zend-Avesta&#8212...
166. Hieronymus Avianus JE Christian Oriental scholar; lived at Leipsic at the end of the sixteenth and at the beginning of the seventeenth century....
167. Solomon Ibn Gabirol Avicebron JE ...
168. Avicenna (abu Ali Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina) JE Physician and philosopher of note; born at Bokhara in 980; died in 1037. His works, which were brought to Spain about one...
169. Elim D' Avigdor JE Engineer and communal worker (died in London Feb. 9, 1895); was the eldest son of Count Salamon Henri d'Avigdor and of...
170. Jacob Avigdor JE Chief rabbi ("ḥakam bashi") at Constantinople from 1860 to 1863; born 1794; died 1874. He was a capable Talmudist and...
171. Jules D' Avigdor JE Banker, and member of the Piedmont Parliament; born in Nice; died at Paris February, 1856. He was a grandson of Isaac Samuel...
172. Avigdor, Rachel, Countess D' JE Communal worker at London, England; born Sept. 19, 1816; died Nov. 5, 1896. She was the second daughter of Sir Isaac Lyon...
173. Avignon JE Capital of the department of Vaucluse, France; formerly seat of the papal court. The first settlement of Jews in Avignon goes...
174. Avila JE Town in Old Castile, fifteen miles from Madrid. In the Middle Ages it was one of the wealthiest and most flourishing cities...
175. Eliezer B Samuel De Avila JE Author of rabbinical works, and rabbi at Rabat, Morocco; born 1714; died at Rabat Feb. 7, 1761. Avila was a scion of an illustrious...
176. Samuel Ben Moses Ben Isaac De Avila JE Rabbi and preacher at Mequenez, Morocco, and later at Salé, Morocco, born in the first-named place in 1687 or 1688. He...
177. Samuel Ben Solomon De Avila JE Talmudist; lived at Morocco in the eighteenth century. He was the author of "'Oz we-Hadar" (Might and Splendor), Leghorn...
178. Avims Avites JE See Avvites. This article is Rated: 5 ...
179. Avitus Of Auvergne JE Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France, in the sixth century. While the Roman bishops at that time generally treated the Jews...
180. Avlona JE Varying names of a town and seaport of Albania, on the Gulf of Avlona, on the Adriatic. From early times there seems to have...
181. Avvites, Avva, Avvim JE A people mentioned in Deut. ii. 23 as being dispossessed by the Caphtorim. This, however, could not have taken place before...
182. Ishak Ibn Al- Awani JE Head of the Academy of Bagdad until displaced by a rival; lived in the thirteenth century. He was a contemporary of Al-&#7716...
183. Rab Awia JE Babylonian amora of the fourth generation (fourth century), contemporary of Abaye and Raba (Ber. 28b; Shab. 46a), and brother-in-law...
184. Rab Awia Saba (the Elder) JE Babylonian halakist of the third amoraic generation (third and fourth centuries), a contemporary of Rab Pappa (the Elder)...
185. Rab 'awira JE Babylonian amora of the third and fourth generations (fourth century); contemporary of Abaye and Safra—the latter speaking...
186. Auguste Axenfeld JE French physician; born at Odessa Oct. 25, 1825; died at Paris Aug. 25, 1876. He was a son of Israel Aksenfeld. After completing...
187. LÉon Ayas JE Interpreter of the French army in the Algerian campaign against Abd-el-Kader; died 1846. He received several wounds in the...
188. 'ayin JE The sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Its numerical value is seventy. In its earlier form it was a circle, a rude picture...
189. Solomon Ben Jacob Ayllon JE Haham of the Sephardic congregations in London and Amsterdam and follower of Shabbethai Ẓebi; born in the Orient 1664...
190. Jacob Moses Ayyas JE Son of Judah Ayyas; lived at Jerusalem, whence he was sent abroad to collect money for the Palestine poor. In 1783 he visited...
191. Judah Ayyas JE A commentator and casuist; born in North Africa about 1690; died at Jerusalem Sept. 11, 1760. He pursued his Talmudic studies...
192. Az Shesh Meot JE A poem of three stanzas by R. Elias Priscus, introduced in the northern liturgy at the conclusion of the piyyuṭim in...
193. Azal JE A place near Jerusalem, but the exact position can not be determined (Zech. xiv. 5). It is supposed by some to be the same...
194. Saadia B Levi AzankoṬ (v02p361003jpg) JE Orientalist of Morocco; lived in Holland in the first half of the seventeenth century. He was teacher of Jewish literature...
195. Azareel JE 1. One of those who came to David at Ziklag (I Chron. xii. 7).2. Son of Jeroham, chief of the tribe of Dan when David made...
196. Azaria Ben Joseph Ibn Abba Mari JE One of the last Jewish writers coming from Perpignan, France. He flourished in the first half of the fifteenth century. A...
197. Azaria B Moses De Rossi JE ...
198. Azariah JE The name given to twenty-six different persons in the Old Testament. The most important are:1. A noble in the court of Solomon...
199. Azariah JE A Palestinian scholar of the fourth amoraic generation (fourth century), often quoted in conjunction with R. Aḥa (Lev...
200. Menahem Ha-kohen Azariah JE Author and translator; born at Fürth, Germany; flourished at Amsterdam in 1727. He edited Eliezer ha-Ḳaṭan&#39...
201. Azarias JE General in the army of Judas Maccabeus, who, together with Joseph, son of Zacharias, was left in command of the Judean army...
202. Azaz JE A Reubenite, father of Bela and son of Shema (I Chron. v. 8). G. B. L. This...
203. Azazel JE The name of a supernatural being mentioned in connection with the ritual of the Day of Atonement (Lev. xvi.). After Satan...
204. Azaziah JE 1. A Levite who took part in the choral services on the return of the Ark to Jerusalem (I Chron. xv. 21). 2. Father of Hoshea...
205. Mordecai Ben Isaac Azban JE Cabalist and rabbi in Leghorn; born in the interior of Africa; died at Jerusalem 1740. At Leghorn he had a controversy with...
206. Azbuk JE Father of Nehemiah; assisted in repairing the wall at Jerusalem (Neh. iii. 16).J. Jr. G. B. L. ...
207. Azekah JE A city in the Shephelah, or plain of Judah; about midway between Jerusalem and the Philistine boundary, in a southwestern...
208. Azel JE A Benjamite descended from Saul (I Chron. viii. 37, 38; ix. 43, 44).J. Jr. G. B. L. ...
209. Daniel Cohen D' Azevedo JE Ḥakam in Amsterdam; died in 1823; son and successor of the Ḥakam David Cohen d'Azevedo. He is the author of...
210. David Cohen D' Azevedo JE Ḥakam of Amsterdam in the eighteenth century; died in 1792. He devoted himself to rabbinical studies and was elected...
211. David Salom D' Azevedo JE Diplomat, of the seventeenth century; died 1699. He was minister resident at Amsterdam of the dey of Algeria, and in that...
212. Francisco D' Azevedo JE Portuguese Marano of the seventeenth century. He was sent in 1673 to Rome to implore the papal curia to curb the inhumanity...
213. Moses Cohen D' Azevedo JE Haham of London; son of Daniel Cohen d'Azevedo; born in Amsterdam about 1720; died in 1784. He succeeded, in 1761, Moses...
214. Azgad JE The Bene Azgad returned with Zerub babel from the captivity (Ezra ii. 12; Neh. vii. 17). Their number is variously given as...
215. Azharot JE The "613" Precepts. Liturgical poems treating of the precepts of the Law. The Babylonian Talmud (Mak. 23b) contains an utterance...
216. Aziel JE A Levite singer in the Temple; assistant to Asaph, Heman, and Ethan (I Chron. xv. 20). In I Chron. xv. 18 he is called "Jaaziel...
217. AẒilut JE Cabalistic term for "emanation" or "eradiation"; but philosophical authors prefer "shefa'" or "hashpa'ah." The word...
218. Azmaveth JE The Barhumite; one of the thirty heroes of David (II Sam. xxiii. 31; I Chron. xi. 33). His sons joined David at Ziklag (I...
219. Azores JE Group of islands in the Atlantic ocean, northwest of Africa, belonging to Portugal. It was a place of refuge for the Jews...
220. Azotus JE The equivalent of Ashdod; found in the Apocrypha (Judith ii. 28; I Macc. iv. 15, etc.) and in the New Testament (Acts viii...
221. Azov JE A town in the government of Ekaterinoslav, Russia, on the left bank of the Don, about twenty-four miles from Rostov and five...
222. Azriel JE Father of one of the men deputed by Jehoiakim to capture Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah (Jer. xxxvi. 26).2. Chief of one of...
223. Azriel B Hayyim Trabotta JE ...
224. Azriel (ezra) Ben Menahem (ben Solomon) JE Founder of the speculative Cabala, and called "The Saint"; born at Gerona in 1160; died in 1238. As to the identity of Azriel...
225. Azriel B Moses Ha-levi JE ...
226. Of Wilna Azriel Ben Moses Meshel JE Grammarian; lived at the end of the seventeenth and at the beginning of the eighteenth century. About 1700 he left his native...
227. Azriel B Yehiel Ascoli JE See Trabot Family.
228. Azrikam JE Ancestor of a Levite residing in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (Neh. xi. 15 = I Chron. ix. 14).2. Son of Neariah, occurring...
229. Azubah JE Daughter of Shilhi and mother of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (I Kings xxii. 42 = II Chron. xx. 31).2. Wife of Caleb, the son...
230. Joseph B Nehorai Azubib JE Rabbi at Algiers; died at Blida, Algeria, January, 1794. At an early age he assisted his father in his duties as rabbi of...
231. Nehorai B Saadia Azubib JE Rabbi at Algiers; died October, 1785. He composed several prayers for the anniversary instituted by the community in commemoration...
232. Azulay Azulai JE A family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, settled in the city of Fez...
233. Azzur JE Father of Hananiah, a false prophet, contemporary with Jeremiah (Jer. xxviii. 1).2. A leader who sealed the covenant with...
234. 'Azzut Panim JE A term applied to an impudent person. The phrase "'az panim" occurs in Deut. xxviii. 50 ("a nation of fierce countenance")...