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Samuel Ussishkin
Samuel Ussishkin (Hebrew: שמואל אוסישקין; Yekaterinoslav, 19 May 1899 – Jerusalem, 2 August 1978), was a lawyer and public figure in Mandatory Palestine and the early days of the State of Israel. Biography Samuel Ussishkin was born in Yekaterinoslav (today Dnipro, Ukraine), on 19 May 1899, to the Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin, and his wife Esther, née Paley. He was named Samuel after Rabbi Samuel Mohilever, pioneer of religious Zionism and the Hovevei Zion movement in Russia, who died in 1898. In 1906 the Ussishkin family moved to Odessa. Samuel completed his school years with distinction at the Jewish Rappoport Gymnasium. In 1917, he began to study medicine in the university, but at the end of the year decided to study law. In Odessa he was active in Zionist student organizations. In 1919 he and his father Menachem both left Russia for good; Menachem settled in Jerusalem, and Samuel proceeded to England. He completed his law studies in the University of Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ussishkin Circa 1947
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Bible, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:3–15) and in that of Heman the Ezrahite, apparently his grandson (1 Chronicles 6: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
