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Elijah Spira
Elijah Spira (1660–1712) (alternatively, "Shapira" or "Shapiro", Hebrew: אליהו שפירא) was son of Benjamin Wolf Spira. He was a brother-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Reischer, Rabbi David Oppenheim and a student of Rabbi Avraham Gombiner. He was rabbi at Tiktin, and afterward preacher and director of a large Talmudic academy in his hometown of Prague. He died at Prague April 14, 1712. His works include ''Eliyahu Zutta'', a commentary on that part of Mordecai Yoffe's ''Levush'' relating to the ''Shulhan Arukh'', ''Orach Chaim'' (Prague, 1689, 1701). His best-known work was ''Eliyahu Rabbah'' (Sulzbach, 1757), containing discussions on ''Orach Chaim''. It was printed posthumously by his son, whose name is not given. Originally intended as a commentary on the ''Levush'' (like Eliyahu Zutta), it was printed as commentary on the Shulchan Aruch and became known as such. ''Shishah Shittot,'' containing novellæ on six Talmudic tractates, was published by his grandson Elijah ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
