Dov Ber, Dov-Ber or Dovber () is a
Bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish tautological name: , literally "bear-bear", traceable back to the Hebrew word ''dov'' "bear" and the Middle High German word "bear".
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/ref> In various countries the spelling may vary: Dow Ber, Duber, etc. Notable people with the name include:
*Dov Ber Abramowitz
Dov Ber Abramowitz (; 1860 – 1926) was an American Orthodox Rabbi and author.
Born in Vabalninkas, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire, (today part of Lithuania), he moved with his family to Jerusalem in 1870, at the age of ten. After being ...
, an American Orthodox rabbi and author
* Dov Ber Birkenthal
*Dov Ber Borochov
Dov Ber Borochov (; – 17 December 1917) was a Marxist Zionist and one of the founders of the Labor Zionist movement. He was also a pioneer in the study of the Yiddish language.
Biography
Dov Ber Borochov was born in the town of Zo ...
*Dow Ber Meisels
Dow (Dov, Dob) Ber (Beer, Berisz, Berush) Meisels (1798 – 17 March 1870) was a Chief Rabbi of Kraków (Cracow) from 1832 and later, Chief Rabbi of Warsaw (from 1856). He was active in the Polish nationalist movement, and was a politician in the ...
(1798-1870), Polish rabbi
*Dov Ber of Mezeritch
Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch (; died December 4, 1772 Old Style, O.S.), also known as the ''Maggid of Velyki Mezhyrichi, Mezeritch'' or ''Mezeritcher Maggid'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Has ...
, a disciple of Hasidic founder Rabbi Yisrael 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 ...
*Dov Ber Nathanson
Bernhard Nathanson (22 April 1832 – 2 February 1916), born David Ber Nathanson or Dov Ber Nathanson (, ), was a Jewish Russian Hebrew journalist and author. He was the biographer and publisher of the writings of Isaac Baer Levinsohn.
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*Dov-Ber Rasofsky
Barney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky; December 23, 1909 – January 17, 1967) was an American professional Boxing, boxer. Ross became a List of boxing triple champions, world champion in three weight divisions and was a decorated vet ...
(Barney Ross), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight and junior welterweight boxer
*Dovber Schneuri
Dovber Schneuri (13 November 1773 – 16 November 1827 OS) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi (in present-day Russia), ...
, also known as the Mitteler Rebbe ("Middle Rebbe" in Yiddish)
* Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober
*Avraham Dov Ber Kahana
Avraham Dov-Ber Kahana Shapiro (1870 – February 27, 1943) was the last Chief Rabbi of Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) and the author of ''Devar Avraham'', a three-volume collection of responsa (answers to questions of religious practice).
Biography
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*Avraham Dov Ber Lebensohn
Abraham Dov Ber Lebensohn (; – November 19, 1878), also known by the pen names Abraham Dov-Ber Michailishker () and Adam ha-Kohen (), was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebraist, poet and educator.
Biography
Avraham Dov Ber Lebenson was born in Katloŭk ...
*Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine
Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine (1859/1860 – 1938), known as "the Malach" (lit. "the angel"), was a rabbi and founder of the Malachim (Hasidic group).
Biography
Levine was one of the closest followers of Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth reb ...
*Issachar Dov-Ber Bampi
Issachar Dov-Ber Bampi (; 1823 – March 10, 1888) was a Russian Jewish scholar, bibliophile, and philanthropist.
Biography
Issachar Dov-Ber Bampi was born in Minsk in 1823. He received a comprehensive Biblical and Talmudic education, and was prof ...
, Russian Jewish scholar
*Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn () was the fifth rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is known as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings that encouraged outreach were further developed later.
Life
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* Yissachar Dov Ber Horowitz
* Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn
*Yoel Dov-Ber Perski
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (; 1816 – 17 November 1871), also known as Yoel Ber Kohen (), was a Hebrew writer and translator.
His publications include ''Kevod Melakhim'' (Königsberg and Vilna, 1851–53), a translation of François Fénelon's '' Les av ...
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