Aharon ben Joseph haLevi (Hebrew: אהרון הלוי; c. 1235 – c. 1303), known by his Hebrew acronym Ra'AH (רא"ה), was a medieval rabbi, Talmudic scholar and...
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learn the works of Aharon HaLevi of Staroshelye, which include "Sha'arei HaYichud VeHaEmunoh", "Sha'arei Avoda", and "Avodas HaLevi". The Staroselyer Rebbe...
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Shneur Zalman of Liadi (redirect from Baal HaTanya)
His accession was disputed by one of his father's prime students, Aharon HaLevi of Strashelye, however the majority of Shneur Zalman's followers stayed...
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Aaron HaLevi ben Moses (Hurwitz) of Staroselye was a Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist of note who lived in Poland during the latter part of the eighteenth...
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Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi יהודה בן שמואל הלוי; Arabic: يهوذا اللاوي, romanized: Yahūḏa...
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Shneur Zalman, R' Aharon HaLevi started his own Hasidic following, an offshoot of Chabad, in Staroselye. Kiryat Shomrei Emunim Edah HaChareidis See Sefer...
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people whose family name is Halevi are: Rabbi Abraham ibn Daud ha-Levi Rabbi Aaron ben Abba ha-Levi ben Johanan Rabbi Aharon HaLevi (1235 – c. 1290; Hebrew:...
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Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok (section Hasidic books of the Shomer Emunim, Toldos Aharon, and Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok groups)
previous Rebbe of Toldos Aharon, R' Avrohom Yitzchok, was said to have instructed his followers to learn the works of Rabbi Aharon HaLevi of Staroshelye (pronounced...
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(1902–1976), Israeli politician Aharon Gurevich, Russian rabbi Aharon HaLevi (1235– c. 1290), Spanish rabbi, scholar, and Halakhist Aharon Haliva (born 1967), Israeli...
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Abraham ibn Daud (redirect from Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David Halevi)
2979/aleph.16.1.61. Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007): "Ibn Daud, Abraham Ben David Halevi" HORN, DARA (2022). PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS: reports from a haunted present...
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and the father of Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi. Born in about 1115 in Mainz, Germany, his father Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi, may have been a minor Rabbi in Mainz...
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Gersonides (redirect from Levi ben Gerson)
Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew...
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Antonio de Montezinos (redirect from Aaron Levi)
Antonio de Montezinos, also known as Aharon Levi or Aharon HaLevi, was a Portuguese traveler and a Marrano Sephardic Jew who in 1644 persuaded Menasseh...
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treatises have been printed. Mishmeret HaBayit, a defense against Aharon HaLevi's critique of Torat HaBayit. Sha'ar HaMayim, a work focusing on the laws of...
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century Talmudist Solomon ben Aderet, (Rashba), 13th century Talmudist Aharon HaLevi, (Ra'ah), 13th century Talmudist Meshullam ben Jacob, (Rabbeinu Meshullam...
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2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-16. Jacob ben Moses Mölln (MaHaRIL), jewishencyclopedia.com Reb Yaakov HaLevi ben Moshe Moellin (the Maharil), yarzheit.com...
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the great dispute after Liadi's demise in 1813: his senior acolyte Aharon HaLevi of Strashelye was defeated by his son, Dovber Schneuri, whose offspring...
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Isaac Alfasi (redirect from Isaac ben Jacob Ha-Kohen)
study under his guidance. The most famous of his many students is Judah Halevi, author of the Kuzari; he also taught Joseph ibn Migash (the Ri Migash)...
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Ezra was a close friend of Judah Halevi, who was some 14 years older. When ibn Ezra moved to Córdoba as a young man, Halevi followed him. This trend continued...
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Commentary of Maimonides) Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'ah 331:82) Aharon HaLevi (1958). Sefer ha-Chinuch (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Eshkol. pp. 236–237. OCLC 233044594...
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(also known as the Arizal). The first Rebbe of Strashelye was Rabbi Aharon HaLevi Horowitz, a student of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), the...
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Eliezer ben Yoel HaLevi of Bonn (Hebrew acronym ראבי״ה Ra'avyah; 1140–1225) was a Rabbinic scholar in Germany. He had a significant influence on Asher...
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commonly used Abravanel, but his own son Judah insisted on Abarbanel, and Sefer HaTishbi by Elijah Levita, who was a nearby contemporary, twice vowels the name...
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Nachmanides (section Iggeret ha-Kodesh)
Lord) he defended Alfasi's decisions against the criticisms of Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona. These writings reveal a conservative tendency that distinguished...
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Moses." Maimonides and his wife, the daughter of Mishael ben Yeshayahu Halevi, had one child who survived into adulthood, Abraham Maimonides, who became...
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Gershom ben Judah (redirect from Gershom Me'or ha-Golah)
Eleazar ben Isaac, Jacob ben Yakar, Elijah ben Menahem, and Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi. The fame of his learning eclipsed even that of the heads of the academies...
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Zerachiah ben Isaac ha-Levi Gerondi (Hebrew: זרחיה הלוי), called the ReZaH, RaZBI or Baal Ha-Maor (author of the book Ha-Maor) was born about 1115 in the...
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Israel Isserlein (redirect from Terumat HaDeshen)
Talmudist, and Halakhist, best known for his Terumat HaDeshen, which served as one source for HaMapah, the component of the Shulkhan Arukh by Moses Isserles...
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Abraham ben David (redirect from Abraham Ben David Halevi Ibn Daud)
brilliant rays our eyes are dazzled". His language toward R' Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona ("Baal Hamaor") was harsh, almost hostile. Though only eighteen...
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