Yechiel ({{langx, he, יְחִיאֵל) is a

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meaning "May God live" or "God shall live". Several people in the Bible have this name. See Jehiel (biblical figure). Alternative spellings of Yechiel include Jehiel, Yehiel, Yechi'el, and Yiddish variants include Ichel, Ychel, Echiel, Cheil, and Chil may refer to:

People

Yehiel Bar Yehiel "Hilik" Bar (; born 4 September 1975) is a former Member of Knesset for the Israel Labor Party, Secretary General of the Labor Party, and was the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Bar previously served as a member of the Jerusalem City Cou ...

(born 1975), Israeli politician *

Jehiel Brooks Colonel Jehiel Brooks (April 8, 1797 Albans, Vermont - February 6, 1886) was a soldier, territorial governor, and plantation owner. Life He was First Lieutenant, in the First Regiment of Infantry with the Ohio Militia, in the War of 1812. He came ...

(1797–1886), American soldier and politician *

Yehiel De-Nur Yehiel De-Nur (; ''De-Nur'' means 'of the fire' in Aramaic; also Romanized ''Dinoor, Di-Nur''), also known by his pen name Ka-Tsetnik 135633 (), born Yehiel Feiner (16 May 1909 – 17 July 2001), was a Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, whos ...

(1909–2001), Israeli writer *

Yehiel Dresner Yehiel Dov Dresner (; October 13, 1922 – April 16, 1947) was an Irgun member in pre-state Mandatory Palestine and one of 12 Olei Hagardom. Early life Dresner was born in Lwow, Poland (modern Lviv, Ukraine) to a Jewish family, one of four sons ...

(1922–1947), Israeli paramilitary fighter *

Yechiel Eckstein Yechiel Eckstein (; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and led it for many years. The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need ...

(1951–2019), American rabbi *

Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach (; 1925 – 4 September 2008) was a Haredi Judaism, Haredi rabbi and long-time rosh yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest Kabbalah, kabbalists in Israel, and wa ...

(1925–2008), Israeli rabbi * Jehiel R. Elyachar (1898–1989), American engineer *

Yechiel Michel Epstein Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein () (24 January 1829 – 25 March 1908), often called "the ''Aruch haShulchan''" after his magnum opus, '' Aruch HaShulchan'', was a Rabbi and ''posek'' (authority in Jewish law) in Lithuania. Biography Yechiel Mi ...

(1829–1908), Lithuanian rabbi *

Yechiel Granatstein Yechiel Granatstein (; June 6, 1913 – February 7, 2008) was a Polish-born Jewish author and writer in Yiddish and Hebrew, as well as a partisan fighter in World War II and a Jewish refugee activist following the Holocaust. Life Yechiel Granat ...

(1913–2008), Polish-born Jewish author and writer *

Yehiel Lasri Yechiel Lasri (; born 21 August 1957) is an Israeli physician and politician who serves as mayor of Ashdod.Yechiel Leiter Yechiel "Michael" Leiter (; born October 1, 1959) is an American-born Israeli historian of philosophy, public policy analyst, rabbi and settlement activist. He is a resident scholar at the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem. On January 27, 2025, he ...

(born 1959), Israeli political scientist and civic leader *

Yechiel Lerer Yechiel Lerer (1910–1943) was a Yiddish poet. Lerer lived in the Warsaw Ghetto and participated in the ghetto literary activity. He was involved in the periodical '' Hamadrikh'' (Hebrew: "The Guide"). Yechiel was murdered in the Treblinka exterm ...

(1910–1943), Polish poet *

Yehiel Rabinowitz Yehiel Rabinowitz (; born March 1939) is a Paris-based sculptor and painter. He has created a number of mural paintings and ceramic tile murals in public and private spaces throughout France, Spain, and Belgium. He is also responsible for cre ...

(born 1939), French artist *

Yechiel Shemi Yechiel Shemi (; 1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. Biography Yechiel Stizberg (later Shemi), was born to Moshe and Esther Stizberg. When he was two months old t ...

(1922–2003), Israeli sculptor *

Yehiel Tzagai Yehiel Tzagai (; born 27 January 1983) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer. Biography Tzagai was born in the Beta Israel community in Ethiopia and his family immigrated to Israel in 1984 during the Operation Moses. Tzagai grew up through ...

(born 1983), Israeli football player

References

The origin and meaning of common Jewish names at ''Aish.com''

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