Chaim of Volozhin (also known as Chaim ben Yitzchok of Volozhin or Chaim Ickovits; 21 January 1749 – 14 June 1821) was a rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist...
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the Volozhin Yeshiva (Yiddish: וואלאזשינער ישיבה, romanized: Volozhiner Yeshiva), was a prestigious Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Volozhin, Russian...
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Yitzhak of Volozhin (also known as Rabbi Yitzhak ben Chaim of Volozhin, Rabbi Itsele Volozhiner, and HagRIts; 1780 – 16 June 1849) was a rosh yeshiva of the...
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HaIkkarim: Joseph Albo's Fundamentals of Judaism (pp.343–344) Chaim of Volozhin (Nefesh haTzimtzum) In Chassidism of Chabad God could destroy the entire...
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as the Gra"ch (Hebrew: גר״ח), an abbreviation of "HaGaon Reb Chaim." Soloveitchik was born in Volozhin on March 25, 1853, where his father, Rabbi Yosef...
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Misnagdim (section Response to the rise of Hasidism)
a perpetuation of the old status quo but often innovative. The most notable results of these efforts, pioneered by Chaim of Volozhin and continued by...
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Torah study (section Kabbalah of action)
'the one who hears will internalize' — Nefesh haTzimtzum, Chaim of Volozhin The importance of study is attested to in another Talmudic discussion regarding...
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Jewish mysticism (category Esoteric schools of thought)
Identifies Chaim of Volozhin as the main kabbalistic-theological theorist of Mitnagdism, and Schneur Zalman of Liadi as the main theorist of Hasidism,...
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rabbi Chaim of Volozhin began a sort of national-level yeshiva. In 1803, he founded the Volozhin Yeshiva and began to attract large number of students...
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Golem (redirect from Golem of Prague)
OCLC 122864700. Chaim of Volozhin. "Sifra de Tzeniuta, Introduction". Archived 4 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Kabbalistic Tradition: An Anthology of Jewish...
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Vilna Gaon (redirect from Elijah of Vilna)
Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, to found a yeshiva (rabbinic academy) in which rabbinic literature should be taught. Rabbi Chaim Volozhin opened the Volozhin yeshiva...
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Hasidic Judaism (section Schools of thought)
adversaries to adopt a more passive method of resistance, as exemplified by Chaim of Volozhin. The growing conservatism of the new movement – which at some occasions...
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Tzadik (section Nature of the Tzadik)
establishes its dwelling place." Chaim of Volozhin "If someone sanctifies himself properly through the performance of all the Mitzvot...Then he himself...
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Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty (category Yeshivas of Belarus)
Simcha Rappaport and Chaim of Volozhin, famed Talmudist and founder of the Volozhin yeshiva. Chaim of Volozhin was a student of the Vilna Gaon. The Soloveitchik...
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Rabbinic literature (section Works of the Geonim)
Philosophical/metaphysical works (the works of the Maharal of Prague, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto and Nefesh ha-Chayim by Chaim of Volozhin) Mystical works Historical works...
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Shlomo, the town cantor. The family was descended from Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. At the age of four his father died, and Kantor's mother traveled around with...
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Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (category Volozhin rosh yeshivas)
wife was the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok of Volozhin, the son of Rabbi Chaim Volozhin. His second wife was his niece, a daughter of Rabbi Yechiel Michel...
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Yeshiva University) Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Toronto) Eitz Chaim Schools Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Volozhin) Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Wilrijk) [he] Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Slutsk, Kletsk)...
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rabbi of Lauenburg, Gnesen and Frankfurt am Main Yitzchak Ickovits (1780–1849), rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva, son of Chaim of Volozhin Jacob Joseph...
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perushim, a group of Lithuanian Torah scholars in Eishyshok where he became bar mitzvah. At the age of 15, he began studying at the Volozhin yeshiva and was...
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author of several books, including Toldos Adam, a hagiography of Rabbi Zalman of Vilna, the famed brother of Chaim of Volozhin and student of the Vilna...
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books of the Breslav Chassidic sect), and the other learning a book such as Nefesh Hachaim (Hebrew: נפש החיים, whose author, R' Chaim of Volozhin was a...
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This appears to be the view of non-Hasidic Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, as well. Hasidic Judaism merges the elite ideal of nullification to a transcendent...
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January 21 (redirect from 21st of January)
American general (d. 1789) 1741 – Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (d. 1821) 1763 – Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien...
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time in Frankfurt and Berlin, and ultimately returned to Volozhin where Reb Chaim of Volozhin studied under him for some time. In 1765 he became rabbi...
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Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) (category Volozhin rosh yeshivas)
was the author of Beis Halevi, by which name he is better known among Talmudic scholars. He was the great-grandson of Chaim Volozhin. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik...
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Yechiel Michel Epstein (category Volozhin Yeshiva alumni)
However, Rabbi Eliyahu Goldberg, rabbi of the nearby town of Parichi (and a student of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin), took an interest in the youth; the rabbi...
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rise." According to the Volozhin tradition, the custom of Purim Rabbi was introduced by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, the founder of the yeshiva, with the purpose...
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