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	Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician.
		At the request of Israel ben Jehiel Ashkenazi, rabbi of Rome, Obadiah issued a decision in the case of Donina, daughter of Samuel Ẓdarfati, the renowned physician of the pope.
		In the introduction Obadiah says that he was induced to write his work by the fact that even so great a man as Maimonides had expressed the opinion that all the theories of Aristotle concerning the sublunary world are absolutely correct.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obadiah_ben_Jacob_Sforno (488 words)

	Obadiah ben Abraham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro was a Jewish rabbi and a commentator on the Mishnah, commonly known as "The Bartenura" by Orthodox Judaism Talmud scholars.
		He was a pupil of Joseph ben Solomon Colon (known as the Maharik), and became rabbi in Bertinoro, a town in the province of Forlì, whence he derived his by-name, and in Castello.
		Isaac ben Nathan ibn Shulal, naggid or prince of Egypt, was especially helpful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obadiah_ben_Abraham (830 words)

	messiah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He is probably identical with the Menahem ben Hezekiah mentioned in the Talmud (tractate Sanhedrin 98b) and called "the comforter that should relieve".
		Isaac Luria (Isaac ben Solomon Ashkenazi Luria) was a Jewish advocate of Kabbalah (esoteric mysticism) and claimed to be the messiah.
		In 1574 Abraham Shalom, a pretender to the Davidic Messiahship, it seems, sent to Vital, saying that he (Shalom) was the Davidic Messiah, whereas Vital was the Messiah of the house of Joseph.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Messiah (4177 words)

	HEBREW LITERATURE - LoveToKnow Article on HEBREW LITERATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hananeels contemporary Nissim ben Jacob, of Kairawan, who corresponded with Hai Gaon of Pumbeditha as well as with Samuel the Nagld in Spain, likewise wrote on the Talmud, and is probably the author of a collection of Maasiyyoth or edifying stories, besides works now lost.
		Of the same school were Menahem ben Simeon of Posquires, a commentator, who died about the end of the 12th century, and Moses ben Jacob of Coucy (i3th century), author of the Semag (book of precepts, positive and negative) a very popular and valuable halakhic work.
		In the East, Tanl~m ben Joseph of Jerusalem was the author of commentaries (not to be confounded with the Midrash Tanizuma) on many books of the Bible, and of an extensive lexicon (KitOb al-Murs/zid) to the Mishnah, all in Arabic.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HEBREW_LITERATURE.htm (10057 words)

	Genesis - Commentary by Rabbi Dr. Zvi Mond
		Rabbi Menashe ben Israel, the author of The Conciliator, was born in Lisbon (or Madeira), Portugal in 5364 (1604 C.E.) and died in Meddelburg, The Netherlands 5417 (1657 C.E.).
		Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah Halevi Edels was born in Posen in 5315 (1555 C.E.) and died in Ostrog, Volhynia in 5391 (1531 C.E.).
		The authorship of this Midrash is ascribed to Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha.
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /eppp-archive/100/200/300/works_rabbi/genesis/sources.html (3238 words)

	Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obadiah ben Jacob (additional info and facts about Sforno) Sforno was an (A native or inhabitant of Italy) Italian (Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law) rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician.
		The characteristic features of his exegetical work are respect for the literal meaning of the text and a reluctance to entertain (additional info and facts about mystical interpretations) mystical interpretations.
		Obadiah himself translated the Or Ammim into Latin and sent it to Henry II.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ob/obadiah_ben_jacob_sforno.htm (456 words)

	Part One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, commenting on this passage, compares it to Isaiah 61:6 as meaning that the Jews have a religious vocation to bring their message to all humanity.
		Abraham's journey from Haran to Canaan with "souls" whom he had gotten (Genesis, 12:5) is understood by the Rabbis to mean the converts whom Abraham had made among men and Sarah among women.
		Abraham's first actions of converting his wife and son may be seen as an ethical imperative for all Jews to seek converts.
	www.convert.org /book1.htm (15499 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SALONICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The retrogression in the political and economic condition of the community caused by the Shabbethai Ẓebi agitation extended to the literary field; and names of high repute like those given by Sambari were not to be found in Salonica during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
		After a lapse of several years a press was established by David ben Abraham Asovev, whose first work was an edition of the Midrash Tanḥuma.
		It was resumed by Abraham the Proselyte, but his establishment existed for four years only.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=93&letter=S (1517 words)

	Acharonim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
		Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura) 15th century commentator on the Mishnah
		Elijah ben Solomon, (Gra, Vilna Gaon), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acharonim (516 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		A certain Menahem ben Moshe Bavli, author of the Sefer Ta’amei Ha-Mitsvot migrated from Ottoman Baghdad and became one of the pioneers to settle in Hebron after the expulsion from Spain in 1492.
		Abraham's father was the head of the rabbinical court of Hebron in the 18th century.
		Abraham Hayim of Hebron was born in Fez, Morocco.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=1955 (1625 words)

	Tutorial: Moshiach Ben Yossef (Moshiach.com)
		Moshiach ben Yossef (Moshiach the descendant of Joseph) of the tribe of Ephraim (son of Joseph), is also referred to as Moshiach ben Ephrayim, Moshiach the descendant of Ephraim.
		The essential task of Moshiach ben Yossef is to act as precursor to Moshiach ben David: he will prepare the world for the coming of the final redeemer.
		The essential function of Moshiach ben Yossef is to prepare Israel for the final redemption, to put them into the proper condition in order to clear the way for Moshiach ben David to come.
	www.moshiach.com /discover/tutorials/moshiach_ben_yossef.php (1772 words)

	Jewish History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Was composed by Simha ben Samuel of Vitry, one of Rashi's students.
		His son Samuel married Rashi's granddaughter and he was the grandfather of the famous Tosafists, Isaac of Dampierre (the RI).The mahzor not only includes the prayers, rituals and customs for both daily and holiday prayers, but also laws of the Sabbath, marriage, etc. It became an important reference work.
		Ben Samuel was a descendent of the Kalonymos family of Italy.
	www.jewishhistory.org.il /1100.htm (5369 words)

	Mashiach: Mashiach Ben Yossef
		Mashiach ben Yossef (Mashiach the descendant of Joseph) of the tribe of Ephraim (son of Joseph), is also referred to as Mashiach ben Ephrayim, Mashiach the descendant of Ephraim.
		The essential task of Mashiach ben Yossef is to act as precursor to Mashiach ben David: he will prepare the world for the coming of the final redeemer.
		The essential function of Mashiach ben Yossef is to prepare Israel for the final redemption, to put them into the proper condition in order to clear the way for Mashiach ben David to come.
	www.sichosinenglish.org /books/mashiach/11.htm (1965 words)

	Mishnah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sometimes, however, it is the opinion of a single sage whom Rabbi Judah haNasi favored and sought to establish the ruling accordingly.
		Sixth Generation: The interim generation between the Mishnah and the Talmud: Rabbis Shimon ben Judah HaNasi and Yehoshua ben Levi, etc.
		Rabbi Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro (15th century) wrote one of the most popular Mishnah commentaries.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mishnah (2545 words)

	Travelling to Jerusalem--Benjamin of Tudela-- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		These were the Editio Princeps, printed by Eliezer ben Gershon at Constantinople, 1543 and the Ferrara Edition of 1556, printed by Abraham Usque, the editor of the famous "Jews" Bible in Spanish.
		From Jerusalem it is two parasangs to Bethlehem, which is called by the Christians Beth-Leon, and close thereto, at a distance of about half a mile, at the parting of the way, is the pillar of Rachel's grave, which is made up of eleven stones, corresponding with the number of the sons of Jacob.
		Joseph ben Al Pilath, the pillar of the Academy: R. Heman, the warden: and R. Zedekiah, the physician.
	chass.colostate-pueblo.edu /history/seminar/benjamin/benjamin1.htm (20341 words)

	soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12)
		While the latter (ben Yohai) text was popularly circulated in manuscript form from the 11th to 16th centuries, it was lost for all practical purposes until it was rediscovered and printed in the 19th century.
		The Mekhlita de Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai is an exegetical midrash on Exodus 3 to 35, and is very roughly dated to near the 4th century CE.
		Answer: Moses Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, usually referred to in Hebrew by the acronym "Rambam") was one of the towering figures in medieval intellectual and religious life.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/judaism/FAQ/03-Torah-Halacha (17656 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno argued that the passage meant the Jews had a religious vocation to bring the revelation to all humanity.
		Abraham's journey from Haran to Canaan with "souls" whom he had gotten was understood by the Rabbis to mean Abraham had made converts.
		Abraham invited non-Israelites to join the Israelites; the formal notion of religious conversion did not emerge for some time.
	www.convert.org /judaism.htm (4414 words)

	Highlights in the History of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount
		Abraham journeys three days from Beershiva or Garet to Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice in obedience to God's command.
		The Sanctuary (a term inclusive of God's dwelling in all its forms) was proleptically revealed to Abraham in its sacrificial service and permanent location on Mount Moriah (Gen. 22:2, 14).
		Enlarging the Abrahamic revelation in similar terms, Moses receives prophetic instructions at the time of the Exodus for Israel's relationship to the Sanctuary (Ex.
	www.templemount.org /history.html (1904 words)

	cornerstone of violence, Chamir, août 2001
		The brilliant maverick, Dr Avi Ben Abraham, seems to be the man behind the project.
		Loaded with money, Ben Abraham built a palace in Caesarea on the seashore of Mediterranean, some 50 km north of Tel Aviv, and contacted the Italian genetic expert, Dr Severino Antinori.
		Ben Abraham, who received his doctor of medicine degree at the unheard of age of 18, hinted at his plans in an interview with Haaretz.
	www.vho.org /aaargh/fran/div/chamir/cornerstone.html (5247 words)

	Diaspora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The founder of Chassidism, Yisrael ben Eliezer (Ba'al Shem Tov), taught a blend of emotional and mystical approaches that appealed strongly to the communities in Greater Poland he worked in at the time.
		The conflict between Jacob ben Hayyim and Bezalel led to the abolition of the Nagidate by the local Ottoman governor.
		The place is mentioned in the Old Testament a number of times - the Hebrews regarded it as the settlement of a descendent of Abraham, Tema, the son of Ishmael.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Diaspora.html (5320 words)

	Judiaism: Who is the Messiah? - Sean Hannity Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Menahem ben Judah, the son of Judas the Galilean and grandson of Hezekiah, the leader of the Zealots, who had troubled Herod, was a warrior.
		She (only known for us as the Maiden of Herrera) was enthusiastically proclaimed a prophetess, and such was the commotion caused by her visions that the Toledo Inquisition had her promptly arrested and burned together with many of her followers.
		Isaac Luria (Isaac ben Solomon Ashkenazi Luria) was a Jewish advocate of Kabbalah (esoteric mysticism).
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=3855 (3902 words)

	The Life of Ottoman Jews
		But it's a little known fact that the word Sepharad is found in the Holy Scriptures (Obadiah 1:20) applied to a region around Sardis, where Jewish exiles were deported after the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
		Rabbi Abraham ben Isaac Assa became known as the father of JudeoSpanish literature.
		century, Abraham de Camondo established a modern school, "La Escola", causing a serious conflict between conservative and secular rabbis which was only settled by the intervention of Sultan Abdulaziz in 1864.
	www.mersina.com /lib/turkish_jews/history/life.htm (436 words)

	History of the Great Synagogue: Chapter Thirteen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He was the son of the scholarly Leib ben Isaac Bing, of Frankfort, known as Levy Isaacs, an active member of the community, who became Treasurer in 1767.
		Abraham, the friend of Lord Nelson, whose financial genius was of inestimable benefit to the English treasury in the Napoleonic Wars, and who at one time was instrumental in settling a long-standing dispute between The Times and the Post Office, followed in 1782/3.
		Abraham (ben Joshua) van Oven,10 who had graduated at Leyden in 1759, emigrated not long after to London and was admitted a member of the Great Synagogue in 1764/5.
	www.jewishgen.org /JCR-UK/susser/roth/chthirteen.htm (5827 words)

	Book of Obadiah with Yair Davidiy
		Obadiah was therefore a suitable vehicle to condemn the descendants of Edom since if he himself chose the right path so could they have done if they so wanted.
		Obadiah speaks of a future fall and destruction of Edom: Edom's crime being his participation in persecuting the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
		The early founders of Rome traditionally came from Anatolia3 and in the later Roman Empire the population of Rome was largely of Syrian, Anatolian, and related Eastern origin4.
	www.britam.org /obadiah.html (5931 words)

	Sforno - TheBestLinks.com - Italy, Jew, Pentateuch, Talmud, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He lived at Bologna in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and was the brother of Obadiah Sforno, who mentions him in the introduction to his commentary on the Pentateuch.
		The correctness of the ascription is, however, doubted by Steinschneider, who believes that this work is identical with one of the same title by Aaron Abraham ben Baruch.
		See the main article on him, Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Sforno.html (408 words)

	The Christian world has been deceived by their leaders; the Judeo-Christian Clergy of Organized Religion
		Obadiah was succeeded by his son Hezekiah; the latter by his son Manasseh; Manasseh by Hanukkah, a brother of Obadiah; Hanukkah by his son Isaac; Isaac by his son Moses (or Manasseh II); the latter by his son Nisi; and Nisi by his son Aaron II.
		Ezekiel 27:22; 38:13) (2) the son of Joktan and a great‑great‑grandson of Shem, (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) and (3) the son of Jokshan and a grandson of Abraham by Keturah.
		Not being aware of the covenant she would not know that the two men she married were half Canaanite and half Israelite and not legitimate heirs to the promise.
	www.israelect.com /reference/WillieMartin/Deceived_by_their_Leaders.htm (13624 words)

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		It is also true of tractate Bava Batra finished (in a much wordier and detailed style) by his grandson, Rabbi Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam), one of the prominent contributors to the Tosafot.
		The name 'Bahir' literally means 'brilliant' or 'Illumination', and is derived from the first verse quoted in the text of the Bahir "And now they do not see the light, it is brilliant [bahir] in the skies", which itself is a quote from the book of Job (37:21).
		Legend relates that during a time of Roman persecution, Rabbi Shimon hid in a cave for 13 years, studying Torah with his son; During this time he is said to have been inspired by G@d to write the Zohar.
	www.cise.ufl.edu /mirrors/internet-FAQs/soc.culture.jewish/faq.03-Torah-Halacha (17826 words)

	Ehud Ben Zvi (CV)
		Ben Zvi (ed.), Perspective in Hebrew Scriptures: Papers from the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, forthcoming 2006).
		Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi,” A. Berlin and M. Brettler (eds.) The Jewish Study Bible (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) 1139-1274.
		“The Dialogue between Abraham and YHWH in Gen 18:23-32,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 53 (1992) 27‑46.
	www.ualberta.ca /~ebenzvi (2019 words)

	Oba - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Here you will find more informations about Oba.
		She offered Shango her ear to eat, and he scorned her.
		Grieving, she became the Oba river which intersects with the Oschun river (Oschun was another wife of Shango) at turbulent rapids, a symbol of the rivalry between the two wives.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Oba.html (96 words)

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