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  1. Isaac La Peyerre JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  2. Laban JE Son of Bethuel, grandnephew of Abraham, and maternal uncle and father in-law of Jacob. His home being in Aram-naharaim (Mesopotamia; ......
  3. Labi JE A Turkish family of rabbis. The most prominent members were:David b. Joseph ibn Labi: Turkish scholar of the sixteenth century; ......
  4. Joseph Ibn Vidal Labi JE Prominent Spanish scholar and orator; son of the philosopher Solomon ibn Labi; lived at Saragossa. He was one of the ......
  5. Labi Ha-Levi JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  6. Simon Labi JE Spanish rabbi and scholar of the sixteenth century. He intended to go to the Holy Land, but when he arrived ......
  7. Labor JE Labor and the laborer are invested in Jewish literature with a dignity scarcely paralleled in other ancient religions or social ......
  8. Lachish JE Probably the greatest battle fought under the walls of Lachish was fought by Sennacherib's army in 701 B.C. (II Kings ......
  9. Dob Bär B. Shnoer Zalman Ladier JE Russian Ḥasidic rabbi; born about 1770; died 1834. He was the son of R. Shneor Zalman of Liady, the founder ......
  10. Ladino JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  11. Ladislaus JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  12. Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat JE Christian Hebraist; born at Vaucouleurs Jan. 3, 1709; died at Paris Dec. 29, 1765. Though he achieved particular distinction as ......
  13. Lag ba-Omer JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  14. Paul Anton de Lagarde JE German Orientalist; born in Berlin Nov. 2, 1827; died in Göttingen Dec. 22, 1891. His father was Wilhelm Bötticher; and ......
  15. Jacob Lagarto JE South-American rabbi and Talmudist of the seventeenth century; probably a son of Simon Lagarto of Amsterdam. He went to Brazil ......
  16. Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna JE Spanish poet; born in Portugal about the middle of the seventeenth century of Marano parents, who subsequently settled in southern ......
  17. Laibach JE Capital of the Austrian province of Carniola. The first mention of Jews in Laibach dates from 1213, when it is ......
  18. L'Albenc JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  19. Lama JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  20. Lamb in Sacrifice JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  21. Mayer Lambert JE French Orientalist; born Dec. 23, 1863, at Metz; son of Elie Lambert, author of religious text-books, grandson of Chief Rabbi ......
  22. Lamech JE Descendant of Cain (Gen. iv. 18-24). He had two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah bore him two sons, Jabal (the ......
  23. Lamed JE Twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; on its form see Alphabet. The meaning of the name is uncertain. The letter ......
  24. Lamed-Waw JE The thirty-six hidden saints called among Russian Jews Lamed-waw-niks. The legend that there are in every generation thirty-six secret saints, ......
  25. Lamego JE City in Portugal. Its Jewry was formerly situated in the Cruz da Pedra street, the present Rua Nova. Lamego was ......
  26. Simon Edler von Lämel JE Austrian merchant; born at Tuschkau near Pilsen, Bohemia, Aug. 28, 1766; died at Vienna April 18, 1845. Early bereft of ......
  27. Lamentations JE In the manuscripts and printed copies of the Old Testament the book is called, after its initial word, "Ekah"; in ......
  28. Lämmlein JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  29. Lamp of Judaism JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  30. Perpetual Lamp JE In synagogues a perpetual light is maintained in a lamp which consists generally of a glass vessel containing a wick ......
  31. Sabbath Lamp JE Special lamp or chandelier used in Jewish households on Sabbath eve. The lighting of a special lamp on Sabbath eve, ......
  32. Seven-Branched Lamp JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  33. Lampon JE Enemy of the Jews; lived in the first century at Alexandria. During the reign of Caligula an outbreak against the ......
  34. Isaac b. Samuel Lampronti JE Italian rabbi and physician; born Feb. 3, 1679, at Ferrara; died Nov. 16, 1756. His great-grandfather, Samuel Lampronti, emigrated from ......
  35. Lancaster JE Town founded in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1730; one of the six or seven cities in the United States containing ......
  36. Leo Lánczy JE Hungarian deputy and financier; born in 1852. After having been connected for several years with the Anglo-Hungarian Bank and the ......
  37. Land Laws JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  38. Landa-on-the-Tauber JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  39. Landau JE A family name said to have been derived from the name of a city situated in western Germany.The name is ......
  40. Adolph Yefimovich Landau JE Russian journalist and publisher; born at Rossienny, Russia, 1841; died at Berlin July 21, 1902. In 1862 he moved to ......
  41. Leopold Landau JE German gynecologist; born at Warsaw July 16, 1848. He studied at the universities of Breslau, Würzburg, and Berlin, graduating from ......
  42. Wolf Landau JE German rabbi and author; born at Dresden March 1, 1811; died there Aug. 24, 1886; grandson of Chief Rabbi David ......
  43. M. H. Landauer JE Writer on Jewish mysticism; born in 1808 at Kappel, near Buchau, Württemberg; died there Feb. 3, 1841. He was a ......
  44. Samuel Landauer JE German Orientalist and librarian; born at Hürben, Bavaria, Feb. 22, 1846. He received his education at the yeshibah of Eisenstadt ......
  45. Max Landesberg JE Rumanian oculist; born in 1840 at Jassy; died at Florence March 4, 1895. He was educated at the gymnasium at ......
  46. Heinrich Landesmann JE Austrian poet and philosophical writer; born at Nikolsburg Aug. 9, 1821; died at Brünn Dec. 4, 1902. From his earliest ......
  47. Landesrabbiner JE Spiritual head of the Jewish communities of a country, province, or district; met with in several parts of Germany and ......

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  1. Landesrabbinerschule in Budapest (Országos Rabbiképzö Intézet) JE The efforts to found a rabbinical seminary in Hungary reach back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The various ......
  2. Landlord and Tenant JE The Mishnah and later authorities speak of two kinds of tenants—the "aris," or the tenant on shares, the landlord receiving ......
  3. Landmarks JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  4. Landowner JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  5. Landsberg JE Russian family of scholars and philanthropists. Its founder was Abraham Landsberg of Kremenetz, who was born in 1756 and died ......
  6. Max Landsberg JE American rabbi; born at Berlin Feb. 26, 1845; son of Meyer Landsberg, "Landrabbiner" at Hildesheim, Hanover. He was educated at ......
  7. Meyer Landsberg JE German rabbi; born at Meseritz, Prussia, May 1, 1810; died at Hildesheim May 20, 1870. Landsberg's teacher, Aaron Wolfsohn, rabbi of ......
  8. Hugo Landsberger JE German novelist, dramatist, and editor; born at Berlin Aug. 25, 1861. His first production was "Der Neue Gott, Roman aus ......
  9. Joseph Landsberger JE German physician; born at Posen Aug. 21, 1848; descendant of Aryeh Löb, who died as martyr in Posen in 1737; ......
  10. Leser Landshuth JE German liturgiologist; born Jan. 15, 1817, at Lissa, Posen; died in Berlin March 23, 1887. He went to Berlin as ......
  11. Jonah ben Elijah Landsofer (Landschreiber) JE Bohemian Talmudist; born in 1678; died at Prague Oct. 9, 1712. Landsofer made a special study of the Masorah and ......
  12. Maximilian Leopold Langenschwarz JE German author and hydropathist; born 1801 at Rödelheim, near Frankfort-on-the-Main; died before 1860. His parents being very poor, a few ......
  13. Languedoc JE Ancient province of France corresponding to the present departments of Tarn, Aude, Gard, and Ardèche, with parts of Haute-Loire, Haute-Garonne, ......
  14. Laniado JE Sephardic family settled in Italy and the East; the best-known members are:Abraham ben Isaac Laniado: Oriental scholar of the sixteenth ......
  15. Laodicea JE Town in Phrygia on the River Lycus. Jews lived there, Antiochus the Great having transported 2,000 Jewish families from Babylonia ......
  16. Aaron b. Isaac Lapapa JE Oriental rabbi and Talmudist; died 1674. He was at first rabbi at Manissa, Turkey, and at an advanced age was ......
  17. Lapidaria JE Writings giving the qualities of precious and other stones, mostly composed in the Middle Ages. The rarest stones and minerals ......
  18. Lapidation JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  19. Lapidoth (Lappidoth) JE The husband of Deborah (Judges iv. 4), whom the Rabbis identify with Barak (= "lightning"); known also as Michael (so ......
  20. Lapwing JE The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew "dukifat," enumerated among the unclean birds in Lev. xi. 19 and ......
  21. Ludwig L. Laqueur JE German ophthalmologist; born at Fürstenberg, Silesia, July 25, 1839. Studied at Paris and Berlin (M.D. 1860). In 1860 he became ......
  22. Cohen de Lara JE Spanish family, members of which settled in Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, and America.Aaron Cohen de Lara: Ḥazzan of the Spanish-Portuguese community ......
  23. Isidore de Lara JE English composer; born in London Aug. 9, 1858. He was educated at Boulogne, and made his first appearance as a ......
  24. Larceny JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  25. Larissa JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  26. La Rochelle JE City and seaport of France; capital of the department of Charente-Inférieure; situated on the Atlantic coast. Its small Jewish community ......
  27. Adolf L'Arronge JE German dramatist and theatrical manager; born in Hamburg March 8, 1838; son of Eduard Theodor l'Arronge (Aaron). He received a ......
  28. Larta JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  29. Jacob de Las Leyes JE Spanish compiler. He was commissioned by the son of Alfonso X. the Wise to compile an ethical work for the ......
  30. Gershon Lasch JE German teacher and author; born in 1803; died at Halberstadt March 3, 1883. In 1823 he was appointed instructor at ......
  31. Lashon Ha-Kodesh JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  32. Abraham ben Jehiel Michael Ha-Kohen Lask JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  33. Eduard Lasker JE German politician; born at Jarotschin, Posen, Oct. 14, 1829; died in New York city Jan. 5, 1884; educated at the ......
  34. Emanuel Lasker JE Chess champion of the world; born Dec. 24, 1868, at Berlinchen, Germany; educated at the universities of Berlin, Göttingen, and ......
  35. Raphael Lasker JE American rabbi; born at Zirke, province of Posen, Feb. 19, 1838; educated by his father, who was rabbi of Zirke, ......
  36. Ferdinand Lassalle JE The founder of Social Democracy; born in Breslau, Germany, April 11, 1825; died Aug. 31, 1864, in Geneva. His father, ......
  37. Lassar-Cohn JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  38. Oskar E. Lassar JE German dermatologist and hygienist; born at Hamburg Jan. 11, 1849. He received his education at a gymnasium at Hamburg and ......
  39. Eduard Lassen JE Danish conductor and dramatic composer; born at Copenhagen April 13, 1830; died at Weimar Jan. 15, 1904. His father was ......
  40. Adolf Lasson JE German philosophical writer; born at Alt-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, March 12, 1832; educated at the Gymnasium Carolinum, Neu-Strelitz, and the University of ......
  41. Samuel Lasz JE Hungarian scientist; born Dec. 18, 1859, at Szergeny; studied at Papa, Sopron, and Budapest. In 1882 he received an appointment ......
  42. Philip László JE Hungarian portrait-painter; born June 1, 1869, at Budapest. As a highly talented student of the Model Drawing School of Budapest, ......
  43. Lateran Councils JE Councils of the Church held at Rome in the papal palace on Lateran Hill, whence their title. Those affecting Jewish ......
  44. Joseph Latteiner JE Judæo-German playwright; born at Jassy, Rumania, in 1853. After studying Talmud in the yeshibah there, Latteiner, at the age of ......
  45. Lattes (Lattas) JE Family that includes many scholars among its members. The name frequently occurs with the prefix "De" (V07p627001.jpg, V07p627002.jpg), and seems ......
  46. Ferdinand Laub JE Austrian violinist; born at Prague Jan. 19, 1832; died March 17, 1875, at Gries, near Bozen, Tyrol. He received his ......
  47. Die Laubhütte JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  48. Charles Henry Lauchheimer JE American naval officer; born at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 22, 1859. In 1881 he graduated from the United States Naval Academy ......
  49. Richard Laurence JE English Christian Hebraist; born in Bath 1760; died in Dublin 1838. He was made regius professor of Hebrew and canon ......
  50. Laurin JE NO DESCRIPTION...

[edit] Section 3

  1. Sigmund Lautenburg JE Theatrical manager; born at Budapest Sept. 11, 1852. In consequence of the poverty of his parents, he was obliged to ......
  2. Edward Lauterbach JE American lawyer; born in New York city Aug. 13, 1844; graduated from the College of the City of New York ......
  3. Selig Lauterbach JE Galician writer; born at Drohobicz Jan. 25, 1826; known as the author of the following works: "Minḥat Kohen," in two ......
  4. John Caspar Lavater JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  5. Laver JE V07p632001.jpgLaver and Basin.(In the British Museum, London.)In the Second Temple there was only one laver of brass, which served the ......
  6. Civil Law JE That system of jurisprudence established by the people of a state or nation for their government as citizens as distinguished ......
  7. Codification of Law JE A unified and coordinated body of law superseding all previous laws within its scope, or the reenactment of existing law ......
  8. Law of the Land JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  9. Oral Law JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  10. Reading from the Law JE The custom of reading portions of the Pentateuch at the synagogue on Sabbath and holy days and at other stated ......
  11. Law Schools JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  12. John Zachariah Lawrence JE English surgeon; born in 1828; died in London July 18, 1870. He studied at University College, London (M.B. 1857), and ......
  13. Noachian Laws JE Laws which were supposed by the Rabbis to have been binding upon mankind at large even before the revelation at ......
  14. Lionel Lawson JE English newspaper proprietor; born in 1823 in London; died there Sept. 20, 1879. He was educated in Germany. Inheriting a ......
  15. Lawyer JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  16. Lazar JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  17. Bernard Lazare JE French author; born at Nîmes June 14, 1865; died at Paris Sept. 1, 1903; educated in his native town and ......
  18. Lazarus B. David JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  19. Emma Lazarus JE American poet; born July 22, 1849, in New York city; died there Nov. 19, 1887; daughter of Moses and Esther ......
  20. Josephine Lazarus JE American essayist; born March 23, 1846, in New York city, where she has always resided; daughter of Moses and Esther ......
  21. Julius Lazarus JE German physician; born at Neusalz-on-the-Oder April 6, 1847; educated at the gymnasium of Görlitz, Silesia, and at the University of ......
  22. Leyser Lazarus JE German Talmudist; born at Filehne 1820; died at Breslau April 16, 1879; brother of Moritz Lazarus. He first attended yeshibot, ......
  23. Moritz Lazarus JE German philosopher; born at Filehne, in the Prussian province of Posen, Sept. 15, 1824; died at Meran, Tyrol, April 13, ......
  24. Moses Lazarus JE American merchant; born in New York city June 29, 1813; died there March 9, 1885. He was identified with the ......
  25. Nahida Ruth Lazarus JE German authoress; born Feb. 3, 1849, at Berlin; a descendant of a German Christian family. She was married first to ......
  26. Lease JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  27. Leather JE Skins of animals were employed for clothing as soon as man felt the need of covering his body to protect ......
  28. Leaven JE Fermenting dough (V07p655002.jpg = "to be sour," "fermented"; Aramaic, V07p655003.jpg). Leavened bread was probably a common article of food among ......
  29. Leavenworth JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  30. Lebanon JE Name of a range of mountains in Syria. In prose, with the exception of IIChron. ii. 8 (Hebr.), the name ......
  31. Abraham Dob Bär Ben Chayyim Lebensohn JE Russian Hebraist, poet, and grammarian; born in Wilna, Russia, about 1789; died there Nov. 19, 1878. Like all Jewish boys ......
  32. Micah Joseph Lebensohn JE Russian Hebrew poet; born in Wilna, Russia, Feb. 22, 1828; died there Feb. 17, 1852. His father, the poet Abraham ......
  33. Hermann Lebert (Lewy) JE German physician; born at Breslau June 9, 1813; died at Bex, Canton Waadt, Switzerland, Aug. 1, 1878. He studied medicine ......
  34. Siegmund Lebert (Siegmund Levy) JE Music-teacher and writer on music; born at Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Dec. 12, 1822; died at Stuttgart Dec. 8, 1884. After completing ......
  35. Fürchtegott Lebrecht JE German educator; born at Memmelbach, Bavaria, Nov. 16, 1800; died at Berlin, Sept. 1, 1876. He studied at Fürth, and ......
  36. Lecce JE Town of southern Italy, capital of the province of the same name (formerly Terra d'Otranto); contained one of the most ......
  37. Le-Dawid Baruk JE Familiar title for Ps. cxliv., from the initial words of the Hebrewtext, with especial reference to its employment, together with ......
  38. Abraham Lederer JE Hungarian educator and writer; born Jan. 9, 1827, at Libochowitz, Bohemia. In 1840 he went to Prague, where he studied ......
  39. Joachim K. Lederer JE Austrian play-wright; born at Prague Aug. 28, 1808; died at Dresden July 31, 1876. Lederer received only a meager education ......
  40. Sidney Lee JE English editor; born in London Dec. 5, 1859; educated at City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. Almost immediately ......
  41. Leeds JE Manufacturing town in Yorkshire, England. It possessed a small Jewish community before the year 1840, divine service being held in ......
  42. Isaac Leeser JE American rabbi, author, translator, editor, and publisher; pioneer of theJewish pulpit in the United States, and founder of the Jewish ......
  43. Jacob Heymann de Leeuw JE Dutch Talmudist; born at Leyden 1811; died at Amsterdam Sept. 15, 1883. He removed to the latter city in 1874, ......
  44. Salomon Lefmann JE German philologist; born at Telgte, Westphalia, Dec. 25, 1831, his family being old Westphalian settlers. He was educated at the ......
  45. Legacy JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  46. Legal Instruments JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  47. Legal Process JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  48. Legalism JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  49. Leghorn JE Seaport city of Tuscany. Its Jewish community, although the youngest among the large communities of Italy, was for some time ......
  50. Behrend Lehmann JE NO DESCRIPTION...

[edit] Section 4

  1. Emil Lehmann JE German jurist; born at Dresden Feb. 2, 1829; died there Feb. 25, 1898; son of the merchant Bonnier Lehmann. He ......
  2. Joseph Lehmann JE German journalist; born at Glogau Dec. 28, 1801; died at Berlin Feb. 19, 1873. At the age of fifteen he ......
  3. Joseph Lehmann JE French chief rabbi; born at Belfort Nov. 1, 1843. He numbers among his ancestors on his father's side R. David ......
  4. Leonce Lehmann JE French lawyer; born at Augsburg, Bavaria, Feb. 24, 1836; died in Paris Dec. 27, 1892. He was educated in the ......
  5. Marcus (Meyer) Lehmann JE German rabbi; born Dec. 29, 1831, at Verden, Hanover; died at Mayence April 14, 1890. After graduating from the gymnasium, ......
  6. Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums JE Rabbinical seminary at Berlin; founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 as the "Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums," which ......
  7. Lehren JE Dutch family whose name is derived from Lehrensteinfeld, a village in Württemberg.Akiba Lehren: Dutch banker and communal worker; born July ......
  8. Lehrerheim JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  9. Karl Ludwig (Kaufmann) Lehrs JE German philologist; born at Königsberg, East Prussia, Jan. 2, 1802; died there June 9, 1878; brother of the philologist F. ......
  10. Leicester JE County town of Leicestershire, England. A Josce of Leicester is recorded in the Nottingham "Donum" of 1194 as living in ......
  11. Max Leidesdorf JE Austrian psychiatrist; born at Vienna June 27, 1818; died there Oct. 9, 1889; educated at the university of his native ......
  12. William Leidesdorff JE One of the earliest settlers in California; born (at Szathmar, Hungary ?) about 1802; died at San Francisco May 18, ......
  13. David Leimdörfer JE Rabbi; born at Hlinik, Hungary, Sept. 17, 1851; educated at his native place and at Zsolna, Waitzen, Budapest, Presburg, and ......
  14. Leipzig JE A city of Saxony. The first mention of its Jewish community occurs in the middle of the thirteenth century in ......
  15. Henry Marcus Leipziger JE American educator; born at Manchester, England, Dec. 29, 1853; emigrated to New York in 1865; educated at the College of ......
  16. Leiria JE City of Portugal. In 1378 its Jews complained to the king that they were attacked and maltreated by the Christian ......
  17. Benjamin Wolf Leitmeritz JE German glossarist and theologian; son of Isaac Levi; lived at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In his "Amarot Ṭehorot," ......
  18. William Gottlieb Leitner JE Professor of Arabic; born at Budapest in 1841; died at Bonn March 22, 1899. He was educated at Constantinople and ......
  19. Lejbowicz JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  20. Lekah Dodi JE The initial words of the refrain of a hymn for the service of inauguration of the Sabbath, written about the ......
  21. Lel Shimmurim JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  22. Lelio de la Torre JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  23. Moses Lemans JE Dutch educationist; born at Naarden Nov. 5, 1785; died at Amsterdam Oct. 17, 1832. He was educated by his father ......
  24. Lemberg JE Capital of Galicia, Austria; 180 miles east of Cracow and 60 miles from the Russian frontier. Its population in 1869 ......
  25. Judah Löb Lemberger JE Judæo-German author of the seventeenth century. He was probably the son of the publisher Abraham Lemberger of Prague. Judah Löb ......
  26. Lemberger Jüdische Zeitung JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  27. Asher Lemmlein (Asher Lämmlin) JE Pretended forerunner of the Messiah. He appeared in Istria, near Venice, in 1502, and announced the coming of the Messiah ......
  28. Hartog Lemon JE Dutch physician and worker for the emancipation of the Jews; born about the middle of the eighteenth century; died at ......
  29. Henriette de Lemos JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  30. Lemuel JE A king mentioned in the superscription to Prov. xxxi., which is addressed to him by his mother. Various theories have ......
  31. Lenchitza JE District town in the government of Kalisz, Russian Poland. On April 20, 1639, members of its Jewish community were accused ......
  32. Felix Lengfeld JE American chemist; born at San Francisco Feb. 18, 1863; educated at the San Francisco College of Pharmacy, the University of ......
  33. Lentils JE Edible seeds first mentioned in the Old Testament in Gen. xxv. 29-34, where it is related that Jacob gave Esau ......
  34. Leo JE Court physician to Grand Duke Ivan III. Vassilivich of Russia; executed at Moscow April 22, 1490. With the arrival at ......
  35. Leo III; Leo IV JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  36. Leo X (Giovanni de Medici) JE Two hundred and twenty-fourth pope; born at Florence Dec. 11, 1475; elected March 11, 1513; died Dec. 1, 1521. His ......
  37. Leo Hebræus (Judah Abrvanel) JE Physician, philosopher, and poet; born in Lisbon in the second half of the fifteenth century, and died at Venice in ......
  38. Lewis Leo JE Synagogue musician; born in London in 1809; died there Sept. 11, 1876; second son of the Rev. Simon Leo. He ......
  39. Leon JE Ancient Spanish kingdom, bounded by Old Castile, Portugal, and Galicia. The Saracens ruled here until driven out by the Spaniards, ......
  40. Leon (Leão) JE Spanish-Portuguese family having branches in Italy, Holland, Germany, England, southern France, the Orient, the West Indies, especially Jamaica, and Surinam.1. ......
  41. Leon de Bagnols JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  42. David Camden de Leon JE American physician and surgeon; born in South Carolina in 1813; died at Sante Fé, N. M., Sept. 3, 1872; brother ......
  43. Edwin de Leon JE American diplomat and journalist; born at Columbia, S. C., 1818; died in 1891; brother of David Camden de Leon. His ......
  44. Leon Joseph of Carcassonne JE Physician; lived toward the end of the fourteenth century and at the beginning of the fifteenth. He devoted himself to ......
  45. Leontin Leon JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  46. Leon Ha-Levi JE Provençal Jew who wrote a Purim parody under the pseudonym Labi ha-Levi because he feared that the Orthodox Jews would ......
  47. Léon Lévy Brunswich (Lhérie) JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  48. Messer David ben Messer Leon JE Italian rabbi; flourished in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He studied at Naples in the school of his father, Messer ......
  49. Leon (Judah Aryeh) of Modena JE Italian scholar, rabbi, and poet; son of Isaac of Modena and Diana Rachel; born April 23, 1571, at Venice; died ......

[edit] Section 5

  1. Moses (Ben Shem-Tob de Leon) JE Cabalistic writer; author, or redactor, of the Zohar; born at Leon, Spain, about 1250; lived in Guadalajara, Valladolid, and Avila; ......
  2. Thomas Cooper de Leon JE Lecturer, journalist, author, and playwright; brother of Edwin de Leon; born at Columbia, S. C., 1839. He served in the ......
  3. Leon di Leone JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  4. Leone Ebreo JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  5. Leonte (Judah) ben Moses JE Roman rabbi; died in 1216. In the name of the community of Rome he sent a halakic decision to Judah ......
  6. Leontopolis JE Place in the nome of Heliopolis, Egypt, situated 180 stadia from Memphis; famous as containing a Jewish sanctuary, the only ......
  7. Leopard JE A ferocious carnivorous mammal. Several allusions are found in the Old Testament to this animal and its characteristics; e.g., its ......
  8. Leprosy JE Chronic skin-disease characterized by ulcerous eruptions and successive desquainations of dead skin.—Biblical Data: According to the Levitical text, the characteristic ......
  9. Lerida JE City in Catalonia, which as early as the fourteenth century had an important Jewish community possessed of several privileges. Thus, ......
  10. Judah ben Samuel Lerma JE Spanish Talmudist; flourished in the middle of the sixteenth century. He was the author of "Leḥem Yehudah," a commentary on ......
  11. Chayyim Tzebi Lerner JE Russian grammarian and teacher of Hebrew; born at Dubno 1815; died at Jitomir 1889. His early education in Bible and ......
  12. Joseph Judah (Ossip) Lerner JE Russian journalist; born Jan. 1, 1849, at Berdychev; educated at the gymnasium of Jitomir. In 1866 he went to Odessa, ......
  13. Maier Lerner JE German rabbi; born in Galicia 1857. He studied in Berlin under Hildesheimer, became rabbi at Winzenheim, Alsace (1884-1890), and preacher ......
  14. Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu JE French historian; born at Lisieux in 1842. The first works that appeared from his pen were "Une Troupe des Comédiens" ......
  15. Lessee JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  16. Adolf Lesser JE German physician and writer on medical jurisprudence; born at Stargard, province of Pomerania, Prussia, May 22, 1851; graduated from Berlin ......
  17. Alexander Lesser JE Polish painter; born at Warsaw 1814; died there 1884. He was educated at the Warsaw lyceum and studied art at ......
  18. Edmund Lesser JE German physician; born at Neisse May 12, 1852; educated at the universities of Berlin, Bonn, and Strasburg (M.D. 1876). He ......
  19. Louis Lesser JE German soldier; born at Neustadt about 1850; served in the Second Brandenburg Dragoons in the Franco-Prussian war. On Nov. 18, ......
  20. Ludwig Lesser JE German poet, editor, and publicist; born at Rathenow, province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Dec. 7, 1802; died at Berlin Dec. 2, ......
  21. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing JE German poet and critic; born Jan. 22, 1729, at Kamenz, Upper Lusatia; died Feb. 15, 1781, at Brunswick.Toleration and a ......
  22. Daniel Lessmann JE German historian and poet; born at Soldin, Neumark, Jan. 18, 1784; committed suicide at a place between Kropstadt and Wittenberg ......
  23. Jewish Letter-Carriers JE Jews carried letters to their coreligionists, apart from the regular post. In those business centers where a large Jewish population ......
  24. Letter-Writing and Letter-Writers JE The art of conveying information by letter ("miktab," "iggeret," "sefer") was unknown to the Hebrews in the first stages of ......
  25. Meïr Halevi (Max) Letteris JE Austrian scholar and poet; born Sept. 13, 1800, at Zolkiev; died at Vienna May 19, 1871. He was a member ......
  26. Letters in Evidence JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  27. Lev Osipovitch Levanda JE Russian author; born at Minsk 1835; died at St. Petersburg 1888. Levanda graduated from the rabbinical school in Wilna in ......
  28. Manuel Leven JE French physician; born in 1831. He studied in Paris at the Lycée Henri IV., and in 1851 entered the Institut ......
  29. Narcisse Leven JE French lawyer and communal worker; born at Urdingen, on the Rhine, Oct. 15, 1833; educated at the Lycée Henri IV. ......
  30. Pavel Yakovlevich Levenson JE Russian lawyer; born at Kamenetz, Podolia, 1837; died at St. Petersburg Jan. 16, 1894. In 1863 he went to St. ......
  31. David Leventritt JE American lawyer and judge; born at Winnsboro, South Carolina, Jan. 31, 1845; A. B. 1864, Free Academy (now College of ......
  32. Oskar Ivar Levertin JE Swedish poet and critic; born at Gryt, East Gotland, July 17, 1862; educated at the University of Upsala (Ph.D. 1882), ......
  33. Celia Levetus (Celia Moss) JE English writer; born at Portsea 1819; died at Birmingham 1873; daughter of Joseph and Amelia Moss of Portsea. At the ......
  34. Levi JE Third son of Jacob by Leah and one of the twelve Patriarchs of the tribes of Israel; born at Padan-aram ......
  35. Levi JE The tribe of Levi was descended from the patriarch Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. xxix. 34). ......
  36. Levi I JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  37. Levi II JE Palestinian scholar of the third century (third amoraic generation); contemporary of Ze'era I. and Abba b. Kahana (Yer. Ma'as. iii. ......
  38. Aaron Levi JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  39. Abraham Levi JE German traveler; born at Horn, in the principality of Lippe, in 1702; died at Amsterdam Feb. 1, 1785. At the ......
  40. Levi ben Abraham ben Chayyim JE French encyclopedist; champion of the liberal party in Provence in the struggle for the study of secular sciences; born at ......
  41. Benedikt Levi JE German rabbi; born at Worms Oct. 14, 1806; died at Giessen April 4, 1899; son of Samuel Wolf Levi, a ......
  42. Borach Levi (Joseph Jean François Elie) JE Convert to Christianity; born at Hagenau in 1721; son of a Jewish commissary. He went to Paris in March, 1751, ......
  43. Carlo Levi JE Italian physiologist; born at Genoa March 26, 1866; educated at the University of Modena (M.D. 1889). In 1888 he was ......
  44. David Levi JE Italian poet and patriot; born at Chieri 1816; died at Venice Oct. 18, 1898. Educated at the Jewish schools of ......
  45. David Levi JE Hebraist and author; born in London 1742; died 1801. He was destined by his parents for the rabbinate; but the ......
  46. Eugenia Levi JE Italian authoress; born Nov. 21, 1861, at Padua; educated in that city, and in Florence and Hanover. In 1885 she ......
  47. Levi ben Gershon JE French philosopher, exegete, mathematician, and physician; born at Bagnols in 1288; died April 20, 1344. Abraham Zacuto ("Yuḥasin," ed. Filipowski, ......
  48. Hermann Levi JE Musical director; born at Giessen, Germany, Nov. 7, 1839; died at Munich May 13, 1900. His mother was a pianist ......
  49. Isaac Levi, Yom-Tob JE Sons of Abigdor ha-Levi Laniatore of Padua; founded a Hebrew printing establishment at Rome in 1518, which received special privileges ......
  50. Levi Isaac ben Meïr JE Russian rabbi of the first half of the nineteenth century. After having been rabbi at Selichow and Pinsk, Levi Isaac ......

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  1. Israel Lévi JE French rabbi and scholar; born at Paris July 7, 1856. He was ordained as rabbi by the Rabbinical Seminary of ......
  2. Levi ben Japheth (Ha-Levi) Abu Sa'id JE Karaite scholar; flourished, probably at Jerusalem, in the first half of the eleventh century. Although, like his father, he was ......
  3. Jedidiah b. Raphael Solomon Levi JE Rabbi at Alessandria and Sienna; died 1790; author of hymns for the reconsecration of the synagogueat Sienna 1786; these hymns ......
  4. Judah Levi JE Influential Jew at Estella, Navarre, from 1380 to 1391. In 1380 and the following years he was commissioned, with Samuel ......
  5. Levi ben Lachma JE Palestinian haggadist of the third century. He seems to have been a pupil of Simeon ben Laḳish, whose haggadot he ......
  6. Leo Napoleon Levi JE American lawyer and communal worker; born Sept. 15, 1856, at Victoria, Texas; died in New York Jan. 13, 1904. Destined ......
  7. Leone Levi JE English political economist; born in Ancona, Italy, in 1821; died in London May 7, 1888. Levi went to England at ......
  8. Leone Levi JE Italian author and journalist; born at Nizza-Monferrato in 1823; died at Turin Nov. 8, 1876; educated at the Collegio Foà ......
  9. Lionello Levi JE Italian philologist; born at Triest June 22, 1869; educated at the gymnasium of Triest and the universities of Pisa, Rome ......
  10. Moritz Levi JE American educator; born Nov. 23, 1857, at Sachsenhausen, Waldeck; educated at the University of Michigan (graduated 1887) and at the ......
  11. Mose Giuseppe Levi JE Italian physician; born at Guastalla 1796; died at Venice Dec. 27, 1859. He graduated as doctor of medicine from the ......
  12. Mose Raffaele Levi JE Italian physician; born at Triest Aug. 9, 1840; died at Florence March 10, 1886. After graduating from the University of ......
  13. Nathaniel Levi JE Australian merchant and politician; born at Liverpool, England, Jan. 20, 1830. In 1853 he went to the gold-fields in Victoria; ......
  14. Raphael Levi JE German mathematician; died May 17, 1779, in Hanover, whither his father, Jacob Joseph Levi, a poor pedler, had gone with ......
  15. Levi ben Shem-Tob JE Portuguese convert; lived at the end of the fifteenth century; notorious for his hostility to his former coreligionists. According to ......
  16. Simchah Aryeh ben Ephraim Fischel Levi JE Russian Hebraist and author of the nineteenth century; born at Hrubieszow, government of Warsaw. He wrote a double commentary on ......
  17. Levi b. Sisi (Sisyi; Susyi) JE Palestinian scholar; disciple of the patriarch Judah I. and school associate of his son Simeon ('Ab. Zarah 19a); one of ......
  18. Levi ben Solomon JE Galician Talmudist; lived at Brody in the first half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of "Bet Lewi," ......
  19. Solomon b. Isaac Levi JE Rabbi and scholar of the sixteenth century. He was born in Smyrna, became director of the academy 'Eẓ Ḥayyim at ......
  20. Sylvain Lévi JE French Orientalist; born at Paris March 28, 1863. He received his education at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, where he ......
  21. Enrico Levi-Catellani JE Italian lawyer; born at Padua June 12, 1856; educated at the university there. In 1885 he was appointed assistant professor, ......
  22. Tullio Levi-Civita JE Italian physicist; born at Padua March 29, 1873; educated at the university there (Ph. D). He was successively appointed assistant ......
  23. Giustina Levi-Perotti JE A poetess, supposed to be of Sassoferrato, and assumed, until recently, to have addressed to Petrarch a sonnet beginning "Io ......
  24. Caspar Levias JE American Orientalist; born in Szagarren Feb. 13, 1860; received his elementary education in Russia and his collegiate training at Columbia ......
  25. Leviathan and Behemoth JE Names of gigantic beasts or monsters described in Job xl. The former is from a root denoting "coil," "twist"; the ......
  26. Emanuel Borisovich Levin JE Russian teacher and communal worker; born at Minsk Dec. 15, 1820; educated at the Molodechensk school for the nobility (1836-41). ......
  27. Hirschel ben Aryeh Löb Levin JE German rabbi; born at Rzeszow, Galicia, in 1721; died at Berlin Aug. 26, 1800. His father (known also as Saul ......
  28. Israel Solomon Levin JE Danish grammarian and linguist; born in Randers 1810; died in Copenhagen 1883. He graduated from Randers high school, and afterward ......
  29. Jacob Levin JE Galician Hebraist; born at Brody in 1844. In 1865 he became coeditor with Werber on the Hebrew paper "'Ibri Anoki," ......
  30. Joshua Höschel ben Elijah Zeeb Levin JE Lithuanian Talmudist and author; born at Wilna July 22, 1818; died at Paris Nov. 15, 1883. After studying Talmud and ......
  31. Judah Löb (Jehalel) Levin JE Hebrew poet; born at Minsk, Russia, 1845. He studied Talmud under Rabbi Ḥayyim Selig and other prominent rabbis. At the ......
  32. Lewis Charles Levin JE American politician and writer; born at Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10, 1808; died in Philadelphia March 14, 1860. When still ......
  33. Mendel Levin JE Polish scholar and author; born in Satanow, Podolia, about 1741; died in Mikolayev, in the same province, 1819. He was ......
  34. Moritz Levin JE German rabbi; born 1843 at Wongrowitz, Posen. He studied at the University of Berlin, and was prepared for his rabbinical ......
  35. Poul Theodor Levin JE Danish author; born in Copenhagen June 17, 1869; educated at the University of Copenhagen (Ph.D. 1898). Levin, who has become ......
  36. Rahel Antonie Friederrike Levin (Robert) (Rahel Varnhagen) JE German writer; born at Berlin June 19, 1771; died there March 7, 1833. Her home life was uncongenial, her father, ......
  37. Tzebi Hirsch Levin JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  38. Anna Henriette Levinsohn JE Danish operatic singer; born in Copenhagen Jan. 8, 1839; died there March 22, 1899. She made her début at the ......
  39. Isaac Baer Levinsohn JE Russian-Hebrew scholar and writer; born at Kremenetz Oct. 13, 1788; died there Feb. 12, 1860. His father, Judah Levin, was ......
  40. Feodor (Franz) Yulyevich Levinson-Lessing JE Russian geologist; born 1861. He graduated from the physico-mathematical faculty of the University of St. Petersburg in 1883, was placed ......
  41. Gustav Levinstein JE German manufacturer and writer; born in Berlin May, 1842. After graduating from the Köllnisches Gymnasium in Berlin he went to ......
  42. Bernhard Louis Levinthal JE Russian-American rabbi; born at Kovno, Russia, May 12, 1864. He was educated at the rabbinical schools of Kovno, Wilna, and ......
  43. Levirate Marriage JE Marriage with a brother's widow. This custom is found among a large number of primitive peoples, a list of which ......
  44. George (Mordecai Gumpel Leive) Levisohn JE German surgeon; born in Berlin of a family known as "Schnaber" ; died in Hamburg Feb. 10, 1797. He evinced ......
  45. Mordecai Gumpel Levisohn JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  46. Esaias Levison JE Danish educationist and author; born in Copenhagen April 22, 1803; died there March 23, 1891; educated at the University of ......
  47. Ferdinand Emanuel Levison JE Danish physician; born in Copenhagen Nov. 9, 1843; educated at the University of Copenhagen (M.D. 1868). He was successively assistant ......
  48. Elijah Levita JE Grammarian, Masorite, and poet; born at Neustadt, near Nuremberg, in 1468; died at Venice Dec., 1549.V08p047001.jpgTitle-Page from the First Edition ......
  49. Isaac (Ilyich) Levitan JE Russian painter; born near Eidtkuhnen Aug. 18, 1860; died at Moscow July 22, 1900. His father, who earned a livelihood ......
  50. Levites (Temple Servants) JE Of the Levites, Aaron and his sons were chosen for the priestly office (Ex. xxviii. 1 et seq.); the menial ......

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  1. Leviticus JE Contents.Ch. i.-vii.: A collection of laws relating to sacrifices. It falls into two portions: (1) ch. i.-vi. 7 (Hebr. i.-v.) ......
  2. Levy JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  3. Aaron Levy JE Revolutionary patriot; founder of Aaronsburg, Pa.; born in Amsterdam in 1742; died in Philadelphia Feb. 23, 1815. He went to ......
  4. Abraham Hirtzel Levy JE Alsatian martyr; born at Wittolsheim; executed at Colmar, Alsace, Dec. 31, 1754. He was accused with three other Jews of ......
  5. Albert Lévy JE French sculptor; born at Paris May 4, 1864. A pupil of Etienne Leroux, he exhibited for the first time in ......
  6. Alfred Lévy JE French rabbi; born at Lunéville Dec. 14, 1840. He studied at the Collège de Lunéville and entered (1860) the Paris ......
  7. Alphonse Lévy JE French painter; born at Marmoutier, Alsace, in 1843; educated at the Strasburg lyceum. At the age of seventeen he went ......
  8. Amy Levy JE English novelist and poet; born Nov. 10, 1861, in London; died there Sept. 10, 1899. Verse written by her before ......
  9. Armand (Abraham) Lévy JE French mathematician and mineralogist; born at Paris 1794; died there June 26, 1841. He was a graduate of the Ecole ......
  10. Asser Levy (Asser Levy van Swellem) JE One of the first Jewish settlers of New Amsterdam, as New York city was known under the Dutch; probably born ......
  11. August Michel Lévy JE French engineer, geologist, and mineralogist; born at Paris Aug. 17, 1844; son of Michel Lévy. In 1862 he entered the ......
  12. Benjamin Levy JE Coloinal resident of Philadelphia. On Nov. 7, 1765, he signed, with other citizens of Philadelphia, the celebrated agreement not to ......
  13. Eduard Constantin Levy JE German musician; born March 3, 1796, at Sanct Avold, Lorraine; died June 3, 1846, at Vienna. He received his first ......
  14. Eleazar Levy JE Colonial resident of New York city prior to the Revolution. He fled from New York on account of the British ......
  15. Emil Levy JE German philologist; born at Hamburg Oct. 23, 1855; educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin (Ph.D. 1880). The following ......
  16. Émile Lévy JE French rabbi; born at Marmoutier, Alsace, Jan. 28, 1848. Educated at the lyceum at Strasburg and the seminary at Paris, ......
  17. Ernst Levy JE German physician; born at Lauterburg, Alsace, March 5, 1864; educated at the universities of Strasburg, Heidelberg, and Paris (M.D.1887). Settling ......
  18. Levy Family (of America) JE The following is a genealogical tree of the family descended from Benjamin Levy of Philadelphia:V08p059001.jpgJ. S. Wo. ......
  19. Gustave Lévy JE French engraver; born at Toul June 21, 1819; died at Paris in 1894; a pupil of Geille. He exhibited first ......
  20. Hayman Levy JE Colonial merchant of New York; born in 1721; died in New York in 1789. He engaged in business at an ......
  21. Henri Léopold Lévy JE French painter; born at Nancy Sept. 23, 1840; pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and of Picot, Cabanel, and Fromentin. ......
  22. Isaac Lévy JE French rabbi; born Jan. 20, 1835, at Marmoutier, in the old department of Bas-Rhin (Alsace). When sixteen years old he ......
  23. Jacob Levy JE German rabbi and lexicographer; born May, 1819, at Dabrzyze, Posen; died at Breslau Feb. 27, 1892. Having received his Talmudic ......
  24. Jonas Phillips Levy JE American merchant; son of Michael Levy and Rachel Phillips; born in Philadelphia 1807; died in New York 1883. He was ......
  25. Joseph Hiam Levy JE English economist; born 1838; educated at the City of London School and City of London College. He entered the British ......
  26. Joseph Leonard Levy JE American rabbi; born Nov. 24, 1865, in London; educated at Jews' College and University College (B.A.), London, at Bristol University, ......
  27. Joseph Moses Levy JE Founder and proprietor of the London "Daily Telegraph"; born Dec. 15, 1812; died at Ramsgate Oct. 12, 1888. He was ......
  28. Judah Levy JE Tunisian rabbinical author; lived at Tunis and died there in the middle of the nineteenth century; son of Nathan Levy. ......
  29. Judith Levy JE English philanthropist; born in London 1706; died there Jan. 20, 1803; a daughter of Moses Hart, founder of the Great ......
  30. Louis (Asher ben Moses) Levy JE Poet and cantor of the Berlin synagogue; died Jan. 25, 1853. He wrote "Teḳufat ha-Shanah" (Berlin, 1842), poems on the ......
  31. Louis Edward Levy JE American photochemist; born at Stenowitz, Bohemia, Oct. 12, 1846. He went to America in early life, and was educated at ......
  32. Ludwig Levy JE German architect; born March 14, 1852, at Landau. After his return from Italy, where he completed his studies, he was ......
  33. Maurice Lévy JE French engineer and member of the Institut; born at Ribeauville, Alsace, Feb. 28, 1838. Educated at the Ecole Polytechnique and ......
  34. Max Levy JE American inventor; born at Detroit 1857. He invented the etched screen and the machinery for producing it now generally used ......
  35. Meyer Levy JE German jurist; born in Wollstein, province of Posen, Jan. 17, 1833; died in Berlin Oct. 18, 1896. After practising as ......
  36. Michel Lévy JE French publisher; born at Pfalzburg Dec. 20, 1821; died in Paris May 6, 1875. In 1836 he settled in the ......
  37. Michel Lévy JE French physician; born at Strasburg Sept. 28, 1809; died at Paris March 13, 1872; educated at the University of Montpellier ......
  38. Moritz Abraham Levy JE German Orientalist; born at Altona March 11, 1817; died at Breslau Feb. 22, 1872. Having received a rabbinical education, he ......
  39. Moritz Marcus (Carl Edvard Marius) Levy JE Danish physician; born in Copenhagen Sept. 8, 1808; died there Dec. 30, 1865. He graduated as M. D. from the ......
  40. Nathan Levy JE Founder of the first Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia; born in Feb., 1704; died in Philadelphia Dec. 23, 1753. He probably ......
  41. Samson Levy JE Colonial merchant of Philadelphia. He was one of the originators, in 1748, of the City Dancing Assembly, a famous social ......
  42. Sara Levy JE German philanthropist; born in Berlin June, 1761; died there March 11, 1854. She was a daughter of Daniel Itzig, and ......
  43. Simon Lévy JE French rabbi; born in 1829 at Lauterbourg, Alsace; died at Bordeaux Nov. 29, 1886. He studied first under Solomon Ulmann, ......
  44. Uriah Phillips Levy JE American naval officer; born in Philadelphia April 22, 1792; died in New York March 22, 1862. Levy was a cabin-boy ......
  45. Abraham Lévy-Bacrat JE Rabbinical author of the beginning of the sixteenth century. Expelled from Spain in 1492, he settled at Tunis, where in ......
  46. Lucien Lévy-Bruhl JE French philosopher; born at Paris April 10, 1857; educated at the Lycée Charlemagne and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. In 1879 ......
  47. Salomon Frederik Levysohn JE Danish musician and critic; born in Copenhagen Oct. 14, 1858. He studied at the University of Copenhagen and at the ......