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Shem Tov
Shem Tov () is a Jewish given name and surname. Alternative spellings in English include Shem-Tov, Shem Tob, Shem-tov, and Shemtob. It may refer to the following notable people: Given name *Shem Tob ben Isaac Ardutiel (c. 1290–1369), Spanish Hebrew writer * Shem-Tob ben Isaac of Tortosa, 13th century Provençal rabbi and physician *Shem Tob Gaguine (1884–1953), British Sephardic rabbi *Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon (c.1283–1330), Spanish Talmudist and kabbalist * Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera (c. 1225–1290), Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet *Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov (c. 1390–1440), Spanish kabbalist *Shem Tov Levi (born 1950), Israeli singer, pianist, flautist and composer *Shem-Tov Sabag (born 1959), Israeli Olympic marathon runner Surname * Abraham Shemtov (born 1937), Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi * Baruch Shemtov (born 1987), American journalist *Joseph ibn Shem-Tov (died 1480), Judæo-Spanish writer * Levi Shemtov, Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi * Lia Shemtov (born 1958), Israeli politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshe Shem Tov
Moshe Shem Tov (; April 30, 1924 – December 25, 2005) was the chairman of the Central Committee ("the Center") of (Acha) from 1972 to 1989. Shem Tov was the first chairman of the Acha, who approved the conducting of the leadership courses for young Deaf culture, Deaf people without experience, and trained them in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare in Israel and the Hanns Seidel Foundation, to be the next generation of the leaders in Acha. Shem Tov was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Israel on July 31, 1948, when he was 24. His deafness did not prevent him from acquiring the Hebrew language, joining the Deaf community in Israel, marrying his wife, and bring two hearing kids. Shem Tov lived in Bat Yam, and worked with his brother in Jaffa in an industry of shutters and windows installation. After his retirement from the Acha leadership, Deaf people continued to reach his workplace, and he helped them will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shem Tob Ben Isaac Ardutiel
Shem (; ''Šēm''; ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4). The children of Shem are Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to unnamed daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, is one of the descendants of Arphaxad. In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the ancestor of the peoples of Asia, Javakhishvili, Ivane (1950), ''Historical-Ethnological problems of Georgia, the Caucasus and the Near East''. Tbilisi, pp. 130–135 (in Georgian). and he gives his name to the title "Semites" formerly given to West Asian peoples. Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah. Some sources even identify Shem as a prophet in his own right and that he was the next prophet after his father. In the Bible Genesis 10 Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity to have yielded different English tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Shemtov
Rabbi Levi Shemtov is an American rabbi who is the executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad). He serves the Jewish community of Washington, D.C., as well as the daily governmental and diplomatic needs of the international Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Known for his high-level bipartisan connections and influence, He has been dubbed "the rabbi of Capitol Hill", "a Washington institution", "one of the most unlikely players in the nation's capital", "a fixture on the diplomatic circuit", and "one of the most savvy politicos in town". Rabbi Shemtov Is the organizer and director of ThNational Menorah Lighting on the White House Ellipse. Known as the premiere annual Hanukkah celebration, The National Menorah was established by Rabbi Abraham Shemtov in 1979 and has since been attended by then-president Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, and annually attended by members of the current administration. The National Menorah is annually attended by thousands and viewed by over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Masculine Given Names
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the Sacred language, liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was Revival of the Hebrew language, revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of Language revitalization, linguistic revival. It is the only Canaanite language, as well as one of only two Northwest Semitic languages, with the other being Aramaic, still spoken today. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal Shem Tov
Israel ben Eliezer (According to a forged document from the "Kherson Geniza", accepted only by Chabad, he was born in October 1698. Some Hasidic traditions place his birth as early as 1690, while Simon Dubnow and other modern scholars argue for a date around 1700. –1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (; ) or BeShT (), was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A ''baal shem tov'' is a "Master of the Good Name," that is, one able to work miracles using the secret name of God. Other sources explain his sobriquet as arising from a reputation of being a saintly, or superior, Baal Shem "miracle-worker", hence he was given the nickname Baal Shem ''Tov'', the "good Baal Shem". Biographical information about the Baal Shem Tov comes from contemporary documents from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the legendary traditions about his life and behavior collected in the ''Praise of the Besht'' (). A central tenet of the teachings associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omer Shem Tov
Omer Shem Tov is a former Israeli hostage who was abducted by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, and held captive in Gaza for 505 days. His ordeal, including the abuse he suffered and his refusal to cooperate with captors’ demands to harm others, was widely reported in major news outlets and made him a symbol of the ongoing hostage crisis and its impact on Israeli society. Just after he was kidnapped, Shem Tov's parents were among the founding members who formed the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. His uncle traveled to the Red Cross headquarters in Geneva to petition for medical assistance for him. Following his release in February 2025, Shem Tov traveled internationally to advocate for the release of remaining hostages, appeared and spoke at public events, and met with political figures. Background Shem Tov grew up in a largely secular home in which he was not particularly religiously observant, but he described himself as always having had faith. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Shem-Tov
Victor Shem-Tov (; ; 1 February 1915 – 8 March 2014) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born in Bulgaria to a family of Samokov goldsmiths, Shem-Tov mostly lived in the capital Sofia and was a member of the Maccabi youth movement. He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1939, the same year in which he joined Hashomer Hatzair. He became a member of the Jerusalem Workers' Council in 1946, and was chairman of the Bulgarian Immigrants Association between 1949 and 1950. In 1961 he served on the Histadrut's actions committee. In the same year he was elected to the Knesset on Mapam's list. He retained his seat in the 1965 elections, and was also voted onto Jerusalem's City Council. During the Knesset term Mapam joined the Alignment alliance. Despite losing his seat in the 1969 elections, Shem-Tov was appointed Minister without Portfolio in Golda Meir's government in December 1969. In July 1970 he became Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomer Shem-Tov
Tomer Shem-Tov (; born 17 April 1978) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Israeli people of Afghan-Jewish descent Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Ra'anana Men's association football midfielders Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players {{Israel-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tami Shem-Tov
Tami Shem-Tov (; born October 18, 1969) is an Israeli journalist and writer best known for her books for children.New Books for Children from Israel. ITHL Fall 2017 Catalogue Supplement p.2 Books Her books were translated into several languages. *2020: , ''I'm Not Leaving'', a sequel to ''I'm Not a Thief'' *2017: (with Rachella Sandbank) , ''Coming Home!'' (ages 4-8) *2017: ' (Grandpa ), a children's picture book published in 2017 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan in Hebrew, whic ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Shemtov
Lia Shemtov (; born 25 May 1958) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of Nazareth Illit City Council. She was a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2013. Biography Born in Chernivtsi in the Ukrainian SSR, Shemtov studied electronics engineering at Chernivtsi University before emigrating to Israel in 1980. Between 1990 and 2003 she worked for Amidar. In 1998 she was elected onto Nazareth Illit City Council, and in 2003 became its deputy mayor. For the 2006 Knesset elections she was placed eleventh on the Yisrael Beiteinu list, and became a Knesset member when the party won 11 seats. During her first term she chaired the committee on the status of women. She retained her seat in the 2009 elections after being placed fourteenth on the party's list. For the 2013 elections she was placed 49th on the joint Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Ibn Shem-Tov
:''To be distinguished from Joseph Albo (1380-1435)'' Joseph ben Shem-Tov ibn Shem-Tov (died 1480) was a prolific Judæo-Spanish writer born in Castile. He lived in various cities of Spain: Medina del Campo de León (1441); Alcalá de Henares (1451); and Segovia (1454). He held a position at court which brought him in contact with Christian scholars. According to the custom of the time. In the preface to his commentary on Profiat Duran's ''Al-Tehi ka-Aboteka'', he recounts a disputation with a Christian scholar concerning the doctrine of the Trinity. In 1452 he was sent by the Prince of Asturia, Don Enrique, to Segovia to prevent an outbreak of popular rage against the Jews at Easter. He speaks occasionally in his writings of great sufferings which drove him from place to place, and of passing through a severe illness. Graetz (''Gesch.'' viii. 422) said, based a quotation in Joseph Jaabez's ''Or ha-ayyim'', that Ibn Shem-ob died a martyr. He died in 1480. Ibn Shem-ob's nume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shem-Tob Ben Isaac Of Tortosa
Shem-Ṭob ben Isaac of Tortosa (1196–?) was a Provençal rabbi and physician. Life He was born in Tortosa in 1196. He engaged in commerce, and travelled. Once at Acre, he was reminded by its rabbi of his insufficient knowledge of the Jewish religion; and he left the city (1226), resolving to abandon commerce and to devote himself exclusively to rabbinical and scientific studies. He first studied at Barcelona under Isaac ben Meshullam; then he devoted himself to medicine; and after twenty years' study he became a skilful physician. He lived afterward in Montpellier, France, but chiefly at Marseille, where he practised his profession. Translations Shem-Ṭob's first work was his Hebrew translation, under the title of ''Bi'ur Sefer ha-Nefesh,'' of Averroes' middle commentary on Aristotle's ''De Anima''. In the month of Elul, 1254, at the age of fifty-eight, he began the translation into Hebrew of Al-Zahrawi's ''Kitab al-Taṣrif,'' a medical work in thirty books. He finished it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
