Nehorai (also

transliterated Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus ''trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

as Nehoray, Neoray, Neorai) is a male

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

name נְהוֹרַאי , from Aramaic נְהוֹר ''nehor'' or נְהוֹרָא ''nehora'' meaning "light". The name appears three times in the

Mishnah The Mishnah or the Mishna (; he, מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb ''shanah'' , or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Tora ...

. He who was called Nehorai because he enlightened the eyes of his peers in knowledge of

halakhah ''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...

People

Eleazar ben Arach Eleazar ben Arach was one of the '' tannaim'' of the second generation (1st century CE). Teachings Being first among the disciples of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai, he delighted his master with his wisdom and penetration, so that the most extravagant ...

, who may have received the nickname Nehorai *

Nehorai Garmon Nehorai Garmon (; –1760) was a rabbi and poet from Ottoman Tripolitania. Born in Tripoli, Garmon went to Tunis at the age of twenty, and studied Talmud under Isaac Lumbroso, whom he succeeded in the rabbinate. He was the author of ''Yeter ha- ...

(–1760), Tunisian poet *

Nehorai Ifrah Nehorai Ifrah (born 7 May 2003) is an Israeli professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Hapoel Hadera, on loan from Maccabi Haifa. Honours Maccabi Haifa * Israeli Premier League (1): 2020–21 * Israel Super Cup (1): 2021 File ...

, Israeli footballer *

Rabbi Meir Rabbi Meir ( he, רַבִּי מֵאִיר) was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139-163). He is the third most frequently mentioned sage in the Mish ...

, whose previous name was Nehorai * Shalom Nehorai HaLevi, Yemenite Rabbi from Beit 'Adaqah who founded Tzuriel * Yair Nehorai, Israeli lawyer and author

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