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| Abba Hillel Silver |
Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was a US Rabbi and Zionist leader. Born Abraham Silver in Lithuania, son and grandson of Orthodox rabbis, he was brought to the US as a child of nine. A Zionist from his youth he made his first speech at a Zionist meeting at age 14. Educated in the public schools and after-school Jewish schools of New York City's Lower East Side, he left after high school to attend the Hebrew Union College and the University of Cincinnati. After graduation as valedictorian of his HUC class (and now known as Abba Hillel Silver) and ordination in 1915, he served as rabbi of a small congregation in Wheeling West Virginia. (references) |
| Hillel ben Eliakim |
Hillel ben Eliakim, known in Hebrew to Talmud scholars as Rabbeinu Hillel, ("Our Rabbi Hillel"), was a Jewish, Greek rabbi and Talmud scholar. He lived during the 11th century and 12th century. (references) |
| Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi |
Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi was a Lithuanian rabbi. (references) |
| Hillel II |
Hillel II, also known simply as Hillel was a Jewish communal and religious authority, circa 330 - 365 CE. He was the son and successor of Judah III. He is sometimes confused with Hillel the Elder, as the Talmud sometimes simply uses the name "Hillel". He is regarded as the creator of the Hebrew calendar. (references) |
| Hillel Lichtenstein |
Hillel Lichtenstein was a Hungarian rabbi; born at Vecs 1815; died at Kolomea, Galicia, May 18, 1891. After studying at the Yeshiva of Moses Sofer he married, in 1837, the daughter of a well-to-do resident of Galantha, where he remained until 1850, when he was elected rabbi of Margarethen (Szent Margit). In 1854 he was elected rabbi of Klausenburg, but the opposition of the district rabbi, Abraham Friedmann, made it impossible for him to enter upon the duties of the office; finally he was expelled from Klausenburg by the authorities. Having lived for some time at Grosswardein, he was recalled to Margarethen, where he remained until about 1865, when he was called to Szikszo. Thence he went, in 1867, to Kolomea, where he remained until his death. Lichtenstein was the outspoken leader of the Orthodox extremists in Hungary: he not only resisted the slightest deviation from the traditional ritual, as the removal of the Almemar from the center of the synagogue, but even vigorously denounced the adoption of modern social manners and the acquisition of secular education. He bitterly opposed the Hungarian Jewish congress of 1868-69 and the establishment of the rabbinical seminary in Budapest. In 1865 he called a rabbinical convention at Nagy-Mihaly, which protested against the founding of a seminary and sent a committee to the emperor to induce the government to prohibit its establishment. In his religious practice he surpassed the rigorism of the most Orthodox Hungarian rabbis, even going so far as to keep a she ass in order to be able to fulfill the law of the redemption of the first-born of the ass (see Ex. xiii. 13). He kept a sheep also in order to be able to give the first fleece to a kohen (Deut. xviii. 4), from whom subsequently he bought it back to make tzitzit from it. Lichtenstein was an ardent admirer of the Hasidim and made pilgrimages to the famous miracle-worker Ḥayyim Halberstam of Sandec. He offered his own intercession through prayer to people in distress, but declined any gifts. (references) |
| Hillel Omer |
Hillel Omer (1926 - 1990) was an Israeli poet who wrote under the pen name Ayin Hillel (the letter ayin being the initial of his surname). He is remembered primarily for his poems for children, which have become staples of the Israeli nursery. (references) |
| Hillel Slovak |
Hillel, as well as Anthony, soon developed a heroin addiction and left the band for his side project What Is This? After returning to the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the albums, Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Slovak died of a heroin overdose on June 25, 1988 at the age of 26. (references) |
| Hillel Society |
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. With over 500 regional centers, Hillel works to provide opportunities for Jewish college students in all facets of their lives. Hillel's mission is to "maximize the number of Jews doing Jewish with other Jews" [http://www.hillel.org/hillel/newhille.nsf/fcb8259ca861ae57852567d30043ba26/954f9c098881a229852567d2007e95df?OpenDocument]. (references) |
| Hillel the Elder |
Hillel (hebrew הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod; he is one of the most important figures in Judaic history, associated with the Mishnah and the Talmud. He was the founder of Beit Hillel (House of Hillel) school, and the ancestor of the patriarchs who stood at the head of Palestinian Judaism till about the fifth century of the common era. (references) |
| Mordecai ben Hillel |
Mordechai ben Hillel was a Jewish rabbi and legal authority in the 13th century. He is known for having written commentaries on the Talmud that are now referred to as the "Mordechai". He died as a martyr at Nuremberg in 1298. (references) |
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