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Isaac Ben Walid
Isaac Ben Walid (, ; 1777–1870), also known by his epithet The Fair, was a Moroccan rabbi. He served as the rabbi of Tétouan for approximately 40 years. Ben Walid also authored a two-volume book on the history of Jews in Tétouan, entitled ''So Spoke Isaac'' (ויאמר יצחק). In 1860, he founded the first ever school of the ''Alliance Israélite Universelle'', located in Tétouan. Biography Isaac Ben Walid was born in Tétouan in 1777 to Rabbi Shem Tov and into a family of rabbis. He was named after his grandfather, Rabbi Isaac. Ben Walid's father died when he was young, and his family became poor. Ben Walid married a woman from a family of rabbis. She gave birth to his eldest son before passing away shortly thereafter. He remarried a rabbi named Widal Pipas (), who gave birth to 10 children who became rabbis. Ben Walid spent most of his life teaching students the Torah. His mausoleum is located in ''Hay Al-Quds'', formerly Tétouan's Jewish quarter, and it hosts a Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: for example, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Władysław I the Elbow-high. Many English monarchs have traditional epithets: some of the best known are Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, Æthelred the Unready, John Lackland and Bloody Mary. The word ''epithet'' can also refer to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase. This use as a euphemism is criticized by Martin Manser and other proponents of linguistic prescription. H. W. Fowler complained that "epithet is suffering a vulgarization that is giving it an abusive imputation." Linguistics Epithets are sometimes at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |