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Feivel or Fievel () is a
Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
-language masculine given name, often paired with
Shraga Shraga (Talmudic Aramaic: ) is a Jewish given name (meaning "candle" in Talmudic Aramaic) and may refer to: *Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus, Polish rabbi and Talmudist of Woydyslaw in the second half of the 17th century *Shraga Bar (born 1948), form ...
. It is a diminutive form of the name Feivush. Notable people with the name include: * Yechezkel Feivel (1755–1833), rabbi and writer * Feivel Gruberger (1927–2013), American rabbi *
Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886 – 7 September 1948) was a leader of American Orthodox Judaism and founder of institutions including Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization. In 1921 he became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath ...
(1886–1948), rabbi * Shraga Feivel Paretzky (1917–1992), rabbi *
Feivel Schiffer Feivel Schiffer (; 1809–1871) was a Polish ''maskilic'' poet and writer. He was born in Lasezow and raised in the district of Zamość. He lived successively in Josefov, Brody, and Szebrszyn before settling in Warsaw in 1835, where he open ...
(1809–1871), Polish poet and writer * Ezra Feivel Vogel (1930–2020), American sociologist *
Shraga Feivel Zimmerman Shraga Feivel Halevy Zimmerman is an American-British Haredi Judaism, Haredi rabbi who serves as the ''rov'' and ''Av Beit Din, av beis din'' of the Federation of Synagogues in London. He served as the rabbi and ''av beis din'' of the Jewish co ...
(living), rabbi


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* Fievel Is Glauque, a Belgian-American jazz-pop duo {{given name Yiddish masculine given names