- Hayyim
- n. male first name (Hebrew)
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ḤAYYIM BEN BEZALEL — (c. 1520–1588), talmudic scholar. Ḥayyim was born in Posen, and was the eldest of four brothers, all rabbis, the most famous being judah loew b. bezalel of Prague (the Maharal) who mentions him in his responsa (no. 12). Ḥayyim studied first with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM BEN JEHIEL ḤEFEẒ ZAHAV — (13th century), German talmudist. Ḥayyim studied under his father and under samuel of evreux . Many of his responsa are included in the responsa of meir b. baruch of Rothenburg (ed. by M. Bloch, 1895, nos. 188–9, 209, 241, 249, 296–8, 339–41,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital — (Calabria, 1543[1] – Damascus, 23 April 1620[2]) was a rabbi in Safed and the foremost disciple of Isaac Luria. He recorded much of his master s teachings. After Vital s death his writings spread having a powerful impact on various circles… … Wikipedia
ḤAYYIM (Eliezer) BEN ISAAC OR ZARU'A — (late 13th century), German rabbi and halakhic authority, called Or Zaru a after the famous work composed by his father, isaac b. moses of Vienna. Ḥayyim was orphaned in his early youth. His principal teacher was Meir b. Baruch of Rothenburg,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM BEN ABRAHAM HA-KOHEN — (c. 1585–1655), kabbalist, born in Aleppo. His ancestors went to Ereẓ Israel after the expulsion from Spain (1492) and later settled in Aleppo. Ḥayyim was the disciple of Ḥayyim Vital during his last years in Damascus, and he left an… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hayyim Selig Slonimski — (Polish: Chaim Zelig Słonimski) (1810–1904) was a Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author. Contents … Wikipedia
ḤAYYIM ḤAYKL BEN SAMUEL OF AMDUR — (d. 1787), ḥasidic leader in Lithuania. At first ḥazzan in Karlin, and a teacher in the little town of Amdur (Indura), near Grodno, he was attracted to Ḥasidism through Aaron the Great of karlin . Ḥasidic sources relate that he subjected himself… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM PALTIEL BEN JACOB — (late 13th–early 14th century), German talmudic scholar. Ḥayyim Paltiel was a pupil of eliezer of Touques, and also, apparently, of meir b. baruch of Rothenburg. He traveled through the cities of Bohemia and served as rabbi of Magdeburg. His… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM (Ben) SHABBETAI — (known as Maharhash – Morenu Ha Rav Ḥayyim Shabbetai; before 1555–1647), rabbi in Salonika. He studied under Aaron Sason, and subsequently became head of the yeshivah of the Shalom community. Many of his pupils became leading authorities such as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM BEN HANANEL HA-KOHEN — (second half of the 12th century), French tosafist. Ḥayyim lived in Paris and was a distinguished disciple and admirer of jacob tam about whom he said that he would have defiled himself (referring to the prohibition against defilement of a kohen… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM JUDAH BEN ḤAYYIM — (17th–18th century), talmudist, rabbi of Janina (Ioannina), Greece. Ḥayyim Judah was born in Salonika, where he studied under solomon amarillo , whose daughter he married. Toward the end of his life he emigrated to Jerusalem, where he had many… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
