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BET (HA)-MIDRASH — (pl. battei (ha) midrash) (Heb. בֵּית (הַ)מִדְרָשׁ, pl. בָּתֵּי (הַ)מִדְרָשׁ; house of study ), study center where people assembled to listen to words of wisdom and exposition of the Law from very early in the Second Temple period. Esau and Jacob … Encyclopedia of Judaism
beth hamidrash — ˌbāthˌhämiˈdräsh, ˌbāth.häˈmiˌdräsh, āt , ās noun or bet hamidrash āt , ās Etymology: Hebrew bēth hammidhrāsh, literally, house of study : a hall or school where Jews especially in eastern Europe study the Bible, the Talmud, and later Hebrew… … Useful english dictionary
Talmud-Torah — Sièges d enfant dans une synagogue italienne, anciennement utilisés par le Talmud Torah local Les écoles de Talmud Torah furent créées dans le monde juif, tant ashkénaze que séfarade, afin de pourvoir un enseignement primaire aux enfants issus de … Wikipédia en Français
Talmud Torah — Sièges d enfant dans une synagogue italienne, anciennement utilisés par le Talmud Torah local Les écoles de Talmud Torah furent créées dans le monde juif, tant ashkénaze que séfarade, afin de pourvoir un enseignement primaire aux enfants issus de … Wikipédia en Français
ACADEMIES IN BABYLONIA AND EREẒ ISRAEL — Designations The talmudic term for an academy, yeshivah (lit., sitting ), derives from the fixed order of seating assigned to the sages and their pupils who regularly participated in the activities of the academy. Occasionally the term meant not… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW — MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW, term which includes religious and secular books, as well as letters and documents written on papyrus, parchment, hides, and paper in Hebrew characters, sometimes using them for the writing of languages other than Hebrew, e.g … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob Barit — Jakob Barit (aka Yankele Kovner ), (born September 12, 1797 in Simno, Suwałki died March 6, 1883) was a Russian Talmudist and communal worker. He died in in Vilna at the age of 84.BiographyHe lost his parents early in life, and at the age of… … Wikipedia
ELEAZAR — (in TJ usually Lazar) BEN PEDAT (d. 279), third century amora. He is the amora Eleazar mentioned without a patronymic. Scion of a priestly family (MK 28a), Eleazar was born in Babylon (Ber. 2:1, 4b). There he studied under samuel (Er. 66a), and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MUSSAFIA, BENJAMIN BEN IMMANUEL — (1606–1675), rabbi, philologist, physician, and author. A descendant of Spanish Marranos, he was probably born in Spain; little is known of his early years. He received a broad philosophical education, and, apart from his great talmudic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PERLBERG, ABRAHAM NATHAN — (1889–1934), Hebrew author and educator. Born in Kolno, Poland, Perlberg studied at the Lomzhe yeshivah. After moving to Warsaw, he gave private lessons to the children of wealthy maskilim, including aaron zeitlin . After immigrating to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
