Motke, Mordkhe, or Mordka are Jewish given names, diminutives of

Mordechai Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is the cousin and guardian of Esther, who became queen of Persia under the reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). Mordecai's loyalty and ...

. Notable people referred to as Motke include: * Motke Rosenthal, or Márk Rózsavölgyi (1787-1848), Jewish Hungarian composer and violinist * Mordechai (Motke) Maklef (1920–1978), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces *

Motke Chabad Motke Chabad (Mordechai Chabad) (c.1820-c.1880) was a Jewish Lithuanian (''Lithuanian Jews, litvak'') jester (''badchen'') from Vilnius known from many Jewish jokes. Folklore collections in Yiddish Cahan, I. L. (ed.) Vitsn un vitsike mayselekh: ...

(19th century), Jewish Lithuanian jester from Vilnius *Mordka

Mendel Grossman Mordka Mendel Grossman was born on 27 June 1913 in Gorzkowice, Piotrków Governorate, Russian Empire (today Poland). He died on 30 April 1945, during the death marches. He was a photographer and worker in the Statistical Department of the Litzm ...

(1913-1945), photographer and worker in the Statistical Department of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto *Mordka was the birth given name of

Mark Zamenhof Mark Zamenhof (born 27 January 1837 in Suwałki; died 29 November 1907 in Warsaw) is Esperanto form of Markus Fabianoviĉ Samenhof, "Christian" name of Mordeĥaj Zamenhof, son of Fabian Zamenhof and father of L. L. Zamenhof (the creator of Esper ...

(1837-1907) *

Mordkhe Schaechter Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter (; December 1, 1927 – February 15, 2007) was a leading Yiddish language, Yiddish linguist, writer, and educator who spent a lifetime studying, standardizing and teaching the language.Saxon, Wolfgang (February 16, 2007). ...

(1927-2007), Yiddish linguist *

Mordkhe Veynger Mordkhe Veynger (; 1890–February 4, 1929), more infrequently known as Mikhail Borisovich Veynger () was a Russian and Soviet linguist. An ethnic Jew, he specialised in the study of the Yiddish language.Dovid KatzVeynger, Mordkhe/ref> Born in P ...

(1890–1929), Soviet-Jewish linguist

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*''Motke the Thief'', a 1913 novel by Sholem Ash * ''Motke the Angel of Death'', a 1926 novel by

Ilya Selvinsky Ilya Lvovich Selvinsky (, 24 October 1899 – 22 March 1968) was a Soviet poet, dramatist, memoirist, and essayist born in Simferopol, Crimea. Biography Selvinsky grew up in Yevpatoria in a Jewish family. His father was a furrier merchant. In 19 ...

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