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Abraham Chill
Abraham Chill (March 30, 1912 – April 20, 2004) was the first rabbi at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Chill was born in New York City and attended Yeshiva University and the City College of New York. In 1935, he received his rabbinic ordination from Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook in Jerusalem and from the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikvah, Israel. In 1941, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Army. In 1945, after holding pre-war pulpits in Newburgh, New York, and Nashville, Tennessee, he became rabbi of Congregation Sons of Abraham in Providence, Rhode Island, a position he held until his retirement in 1969. In 1946, he was National Chaplain of the Jewish War Veterans of the US, as well as National Chaplain of the American Legion in 1948. He was an active member of the Rabbinical Council of America, serving as president of the North-Eastern Region, and later as national secretary of the Council. He is the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbi
A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisees, Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Clergy, Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis." Further, in 19th-century Germany and the United States, rabbinic activities such as sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside all increased in importance. Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination and differences in opinion regarding who is recognized as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount (), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem, Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a Sacred space, holy site for thousands of years, including in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The present site is a flat plaza surrounded by retaining walls (including the Western Wall), which were originally built by Herod the Great, King Herod in the first century BCE for an expansion of the Second Temple, Second Jewish Temple. The plaza is dominated by two monumental structures originally built during the Rashidun and early Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliphates after Siege of Jerusalem (636–637), the city's capture in 637 CE:Nicolle, David (1994). ''Yarmuk AD 636: The Muslim Conquest of Syria''. Osprey Publishing. the main Qibli Mosque, praying hall of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, near the center of the hill, which was com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Of Olives Jewish Cemetery
The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives () is the oldest and most important Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives had been a traditional Hebrew/Jewish burial location in antiquity. The present-day main cemetery is approximately five centuries old, having been first leased from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf in the sixteenth century.har hazetim – The Jewish Cemetery "from the 16th century the cemetery began to take its present shape" The cemetery contains anywhere between 70,000 and 150,000 tombs, including the tombs of famous figures in |
Encyclopedia Talmudit
The ''Encyclopedia Talmudit'' ( ''entsiyklopediah talmudiyt'') is a Hebrew language encyclopedia that aims to summarize the halakhic topics of the Talmud in alphabetical order. It began in 1942 and is still an active project as of 2023, with 50 volumes (plus several index volumes) published so far. The 50th volume, known as the Jubilee volume, was published on January 18, 2023 in honor of Rabbi Hershel Schachter. Over half of the project is complete, and it is planned to be finished by 2024. The encyclopedia is published by the Torah literature publishing group in Jerusalem, named after Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. Formation of the encyclopedia The project began at the initiative of Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan (Berlin) (1880–1949), the son of the Netziv. The concept was first described in a 1921 lecture by Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who outlined several projects for Torah scholars, including a work "that elucidates the essence of Torah principles, organized by encyclopedic en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehoshua Hutner
Yehoshua Hutner (1911–2009) was the director of the Talmudic Encyclopedia project, ''Encyclopedia Talmudit'' for 50 years. He was also involved in Yad HaRav Herzog studying manuscripts of the ''Mishnah'' and ''Gemara'' through HaTalmud HaYisraeli HaShalem Institute. Early life and education Hutner was born in Warsaw to a well-known European rabbinical family. His father, Yehudah Leib Hutner was a respected rabbinical judge (''dayan'') in Warsaw, and his grandfather, Yosef Zundel Hutner was the author of several books on the Talmud and ''Shulchan Aruch''. His grandfather on his mother's side was Yehudah Halevi Segal, also a rabbi in Warsaw. He was a cousin of the head of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva Rebbeinu Chaim Berlin, Yitzchak Hutner, and his brother-in-law was Zvi Yehuda Kook, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook. Hutner studied in Radin Yeshiva, Radin as a student of the Chofetz Chaim, (Yisrael Meir Kagan, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan) and Shimon Shkop, Rabbi Shimon Shkop. In the 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
