Nehorai (also

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as Nehoray, Neoray, Neorai) is a male

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

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

Mishnah The Mishnah or the Mishna (; , from the verb ''šānā'', "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. Having been collected in the 3rd century CE, it is ...

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

halakhah ''Halakha'' ( ; , ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. ''Halakha'' is based on biblical commandments ('' mit ...

People

* Arye Nehorai, Israeli American professor emeritus * Elad Nehorai, American writer and activist *

Eleazar ben Arach Eleazar ben Arach was one of the tannaim of the second generation (1st century). Little is known about him. Teachings Described as first among the disciples of Yohanan ben Zakkai, it was said, "If all the sages of Israel were placed in one scale ...

, who may have received the nickname Nehorai * Nehorai Garmon (–1760), Tunisian poet * Nehorai Ifrach, Israeli footballer *

Rabbi Meir Rabbi Meir () was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was one of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163), and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. He is the second most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah and is mentioned ...

, 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nehorai Hebrew masculine given names Masculine given names Hebrew-language surnames Aramaic-language names

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