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Bezalel Zolty
= Bezalel Zolty = Yaakov Bezalel Zolty (; June 30, 1920 - November 16, 1982) was an ultraorthodox Israeli rabbi who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and before that as a rabbinical judge on the Rabbinical Great Court of Appeals. Biography He was born in Stawiski, near Łomża, Poland to Moshe Aryeh Zolty and Sarah Rachel (nee Bledkowski). In 1927, at the age of seven, he immigrated with his family to British Mandate Palestine and settled in Jerusalem. As a child, he studied at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, then at the Hebron Yeshiva, and was considered a prodigy. In 1951, he began serving as a member of the Rabbinical Court in Tel-Aviv and then in Jerusalem, and in 1956, at the age of 36, he was appointed as a member of the Rabbinical Grand Court of Israel. He won the Rabbi Kook Prize for Torah literature twice in 1955 and 1964. Rabbi Zolty came out strongly against the lenient ruling of Rabbi Shlomo Goren's about the allegedly mamzer brother and sister in 1973. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language that originated in the 9th century, and largely migrated towards Northern Europe#UN geoscheme classification, northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to Antisemitism in Europe, persecution. Hebrew was primarily used as a Literary language, literary and sacred language until its 20th-century Revival of the Hebrew language, revival as a common language in Israel. Ashkenazim adapted their traditions to Europe and underwent a transformation in their interpretation of Judaism. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Jews who remained in or returned to historical German lands experienced a cultural reorientation. Under the influence of the Haskalah and the struggle for emancipation, as well as the intellec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Bat Shahar
Hannah Bat Shahar () is the pen name of the Israeli writer Hannah Eichenstein. Bat Shahar was born in Jerusalem, 1944. She received the 1994 Prime Minister's Prize. Biography Bat Shahar, was born in 1944 in Jerusalem, daughter of Rabbi Bezalel Zolty, who was the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem The position of Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem was instituted centuries ago and was originally held by a member of the Sephardic community. Moses Galante served as Rishon LeZion, the title used from beginning of the 17th century to refer to the chie .... Married to Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, head of the Yad Aharon yeshiva. She graduated from the Beit Ya'akov institutions, whose curriculum does not include Modern Hebrew Literature, modern Hebrew literature. In the 1980s, she enrolled in a writing workshop led by Yoram Kaniuk and Aharon Appelfeld. In 1995-2000 she studied literature in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew University and received an M.A. cum laude in 2000. She later began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
