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121EUCHEL, ISAAC ABRAHAM — (1756–1804), Hebrew author, Bible commentator, and one of the leaders of the haskalah in Germany. Born in Copenhagen, Euchel, having received a traditional education, moved in 1773 to Koenigsberg, where he earned his living as a tutor in the home …
122HALAKHAH — DEFINITION The word halakhah (from the root halakh, to go ), the legal side of Judaism (as distinct from aggadah, the name given to the nonlegal material, particularly of the rabbinic literature), embraces personal, social, national, and… …
123HIRSCH, SAMSON (Ben) RAPHAEL — (1808–1888), rabbi and writer; leader and foremost exponent of orthodoxy in Germany in the 19th century. Born in Hamburg, Hirsch studied Talmud with his grandfather Mendel Frankfurter there. His education was influenced by the enlightened… …
124HUNGARIAN LITERATURE — This article is arranged according to the following outline: biblical and hebraic influences the reformation and its aftermath 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE the figure of the jew in hungarian literature literature of the holocaust the jewish… …
125JEITELES — (Jeitteles, Geidels), prominent family first appearing in Prague. The first known Jeiteles was MOSES BEN SIMON, on record as a house owner in 1615. His son LOEB (d. 1666. was gabbai of the ḥevra kaddisha for 30 years and also of the Altschul… …
126MATHEMATICS — Bible The Bible does not deal directly with proper mathematical subjects; however there are some parts that do relate indirectly to different mathematical topics. These are widely discussed by the various commentators on the Bible and Talmud: the …
127RIESSER, GABRIEL — (1806–1863), pioneer of Jewish emancipation in Germany. Born in Hamburg, Riesser studied law at the universities of Kiel and Heidelberg. After trying in vain to become lecturer in one of the universities, and after being refused permission to… …
128SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …
