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Avishai (given Name)
Avishai or Avishay ( he, אבישי) is a Jewish given name and surname taken from the Biblical figure Abishai (biblical figure), Abishai. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Avishai Abrahami, founder of wix.com * (born 1968), Israeli journalist *Avishay Braverman *Avishai Cohen (other), several people *Avishai David *Avishai Dekel *Avishay Hadari *Avishai Henik *Avishai Jano *Avishai Margalit *Avishai Raviv Surname *Bernard Avishai See also * * {{given name, type=both Hebrew-language given names Hebrew-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abishai (biblical Figure)
Abishai was a military leader under the biblical King David. He was the eldest son of David's sister Zeruiah. According to Josephus (Antiquities, VII, 1, 3) his father was called Suri. The meaning of his name is "Father of a gift". He was the brother of Joab and Asahel, Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the spear and water bottle from Saul as he slept. He had the command of one of the three divisions of David's army at the battle with Absalom. He was the commander and "most honoured" of the second rank of David's officers, below the three "mighty men". On one occasion, he withstood 300 men and slew them with his own spear. During one of his missions, he was said to be leading an army of camels to fight against a horde of enemies Abishai slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David's life. He once killed 300 men with his spear and helped with the killing of Absalom. Once, his brother, Asahel, who could run as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Abrahami
Wix.com Ltd. ( he, וויקס.קום) is an Israeli software company, publicly listed in the US, that provides cloud-based web development services. It allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools. Along with its headquarters and other offices in Israel, Wix also has offices in Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, the United States, Ukraine, and Singapore. Users can use applications for social media, e-commerce, online marketing, contact forms, e-mail marketing, and community forums to their web sites. The Wix website builder is built on a freemium business model, earning its revenues through premium upgrades. According to W3Techs, Wix is used by 2.3% of the top 10 million websites. History Product development Wix was founded in 2006 by Israeli developers Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Wix was backed by investors Insight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishay Braverman
Avishay Braverman ( he, אבישי ברוורמן, born 15 January 1948) is an economics professor, politician, and Israeli public figure. Having held senior positions as economist at the World Bank, he was later elected as fifth president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1990-2006). As a Knesset member on behalf of the Labor Party (2006-2015) he served as Minister of Minority Affairs, Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee and Chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee. Israel Prize laureate in 2020 for Lifetime Achievement, for his work as president of Ben-Gurion University. Biography Avishay Braverman was born in Ramat Gan, then Mandatory Palestine. His Polish-born father Jacob Braverman was a carpenter and his mother Sarah, a native of Lithuania, a kindergarten teacher. Braverman graduated from “Blich” High School in Ramat Gan, where he also served as captain of the basketball team. In 1968, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Cohen (other)
Avishai Cohen or Avishay Cohen may refer to: *Avishai Cohen (bassist) (born 1970), Israeli jazz bassist *Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן) is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in a musical family with his saxophonist siblings: sis ... (born 1978), Israeli-born jazz trumpeter based in New York * Avishay Cohen (born 1995), Israeli footballer {{Hndis, Cohen, Avishai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai David
Rabbi Avishai Chaim David (born 1949) is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Shraga (YTS) in Bayit VeGan, Jerusalem, Israel, and is the founding rabbi of Beit Medrash Torani Leumi (BMTL) in Beit Shemesh, which he left in August, 2017. He is currently the rabbi of Kehillas Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham in Ramat Beit Shemesh. David studied under Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik for 14 years and received his semicha (ordination) from RIETS, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is a student of Rabbi Avigdor Nevenzahl. He wrote "Dorosh Darash Yosef” (2011) a book on the weekly parsha based on the shiurim of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, and "The Warmth and Radiance of Gedolei Yisroel: Personal accounts, encounters, and experiences" (2023). David lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, where he is a community-wide ''posek'' and the rabbi of a local synagogue catering to American ''olim''. His brother, Aharon David, is a rabbi at the Mir Yeshiva (Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
