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Zechariah Elefant
Zechariah Elefant (Yiddish: ''זכריהו עלעפאנט'', Hebrew: ''זכריהו אלפנט'', Hungarian: ''Elefánt Zoltan'', English: Sol Elefant; February 11, 1886, Kárász, Hungary - June 1957, New York City) was a rabbi, author, publisher, and book salesman. Biography Elefant was born in the town of Nyírkarász, Hungary. His father was Rabbi Dov Berish Elefant, and his mother was named Bava (née Eisenberger). As a young man he studied at the Yeshiva of Sighet and the Pressburg Yeshiva (Austria-Hungary), Pressburg Yeshiva. A few years before the World War I, he married Sarah (née Kahane), a Polish citizen. In 1923, he emigrated to New York with his wife and three children. In New York, he served as rabbi of a synagogue. Later he opened a bookstore on Canal Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he sold "rare manuscripts and published works" as well as Torah scrolls. In 1938 he and his father published the book "Ein Habedolach" by Rabbi Chaim Zvi Menheimer, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, New Testament figure Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: Bible *Book of Zechariah *Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel for 6 months c. 752 BCE *Zechariah ben Jehoiada, a priest People *Zechariah (given name), a given name (with list of people and fictional characters with the name); includes all the variants (Zacharias, Zecharias, Zechariah, etc.) *Zacharias (surname) and various related forms (with list of people with the name) **Zaharia family, medieval Albanian noble family *Zachary, a given name (and list of people with the name) *Zakariya (name), list of people with Arabic variants of this name; includes all the variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria) Places *Saint-Zacharie, Quebec, a municipality in Canada * Zacharia, Kentucky *Zachariah, Kentucky *Zacarias, São Paulo Zacarias is a municipality in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
