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Ovadia
Ovadia is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *Dvira Ovadia (born 1979), Israeli television personality and interior designer *Moni Ovadia (born 1946), Italian actor, musician, singer, and theatrical author *Robert Ovadia, Australian reporter *Ovadia Eli (born 1945), Israeli politician *Ovadia Hedaya (1889–1969), Israeli rabbi *Ovadia Yosef (1918 or 1920 – 2013), Iraqi-born former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel See also *Obadiah (other) Obadiah is a Biblical prophet whose name means "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh". Obadiah may also refer to: * Obadiah (given name), including a list of biblical figures, people and fictional characters * Obadiah Parker, stage name of ... {{given name, type=both Hebrew masculine given names Hebrew-language surnames Theophoric names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef ( he, , Ovadya Yosef, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party. Yosef's responsa were highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority". Biography Early life Yosef was born in Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq, to Yaakov Ben Ovadia and his wife, Gorgia. In 1924, when he was four years old, he immigrated to Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, with his family. In Palestine, the family adopted the surname "Ovadia". Later in life, Ovadia Yosef changed his surname to be his middle name, "Yosef", to avoid the confusion of being called "Ovadia Ovadia". The family settled in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem, where Yaakov operated a grocery store. The family was poor, and Yosef was forced to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moni Ovadia
Salomone "Moni" Ovadia (born 16 April 1946 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian-born Italian actor, musician, singer and theatrical author. He is one of the most highly regarded figures in contemporary Italian culture. His theatrical performances recall the lost world of eastern Jewish culture, its Yiddishkeyt core, with its profound "burden of pain, wisdom and folly". as it was before the devastations of the Holocaust cancelled it, and murdered almost half of the world's speakers of Yiddish. Life and career Family background Ovadia was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1946 to a Sephardi Jewish family, His father, a violinist, had Greek-Turkish roots, while the family of his mother, a singer, was of Serbian origin. In March 1943, the 1,500 Jews of Plovdiv, including Ovadia's family, were saved from the Holocaust by the actions of Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Kiril, one of the heads of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church who threatened to throw himself before the train were it to depart with the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvira Ovadia
Dvira Ovadia (born 1979 in Israel) is a Canadian television personality and an award-winning/celebrity designer. She is best known as winning the 2007 show called '' From The Ground Up with Debbie Travis'' season two. The show aired on Global TV May 31, 2007. The show was re-aired on HGTV Canada in the spring of 2008. In spring of 2008, the show was also airing in the United States on the Fine Living Network, Sunday nights at 10EST. Dvira Ovadia is also known for her weekly syndicated column which appears in many blogs which readers often write in to have their decorating questions answered. Early life and education Dvira Ovadia was born in Israel in 1979 to a Russian-born mother and a father of Egyptian descent. Prior to moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she currently resides, she lived in Brussels, Belgium for the most part of her youth. Having been exposed to various cultures has led her to appreciate and understand many different aspects of design. She grew up loving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ovadia
Robert Ovadia is an Australian journalist. Ovadia is currently a reporter and fill-in presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney. Career Ovadia studied Communications and French at Macquarie University, and began his career in regional television in Wagga Wagga. Eighteen months later, he took a senior reporting job in Melbourne with Network Ten. In 1999, he took a job with Associated Press in London, while he toured Europe and parts of Asia. Ovadia joined ''Seven News'' in 2000, just after the 2000 Olympic Games. While working with Seven, Ovadia has reported on a range of stories, including the 2002 Sydney bushfire crisis and the Iraq War, before being promoted to Crime Reporter in September 2003. Ovadia has broken many major stories of statewide and national significance. In 2008, he and colleague Aela Callan won a prestigious Walkley Award for Television News Reporting for breaking the Iguanagate scandal that engulfed the NSW and federal governments. In 2009, he was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovadia Hedaya
Ovadia Hedaya ( he, , 24 December 1889 – 8 February 1969) was a leading Israeli rabbi. Biography Rabbi Hadaya was born in 1889 in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, to rabbi Shalom Hedaya. In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of Yeshivat HaMekubalim, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem. Awards and honours * In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature. Published works *''Yaskil Avdi'' (): (Eight volumes) See also *List of Israel Prize recipients This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022. List For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ... References 1889 births 1969 deaths Orthodox rabbis in Mandatory Palestine Israeli Orthodox rabbis Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis Israel Prize Rabbi recipients Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature recipients Rabbis in Jerusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovadia Eli
Ovadia Eli ( he, עובדיה עלי, born 22 May 1945) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 1984 until 1996, Deputy Minister of Defense between 1991 and 1992, and mayor of Afula from 1978 until 1991. Since leaving the Knesset, he has headed several government-owned companies, and is currently the CEO of the Israel Airports Authority. Life and politics Born in Khanaqin in Iraq in 1945, Eli made aliyah to Israel in 1950. He studied at the Lifschitz Seminar for Education, and received a BA from the University of Haifa, after which he worked as a teacher. He later became head of the school system in the north of the country. A member of Herut, he was elected mayor of Afula in 1978, a position he held until 1991. He was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (then an alliance of Herut and other right-wing parties) in 1984. He was re-elected in 1988, and was appointed Deputy Speaker. On 8 July 1991 he was also appointed Deputy Defen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obadiah (other) , a given name and surname
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Obadiah is a Biblical prophet whose name means "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh". Obadiah may also refer to: * Obadiah (given name), including a list of biblical figures, people and fictional characters * Obadiah Parker, stage name of American singer-songwriter Mat Weddle (born 1983) * Book of Obadiah, a book of the Hebrew Bible * Obadiah (''Abarat''), a fictional place in ''Abarat'' by Clive Barker * ''Obadiah'' (album), a 2010 album by Frazey Ford * Obadiah School of the Bible, a school in Bethel, Pennsylvania, maintained by the Assemblies of Yahweh See also *Ovadia Ovadia is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *Dvira Ovadia (born 1979), Israeli television personality and interior designer *Moni Ovadia (born 1946), Italian actor, musician, singer, and theatrical author *Robert Ovadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Masculine Given Names
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 ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew-language Surnames
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, 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 Sacred language, liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite languages, Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a Extinct language, dead language that has been language revitalization, 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 alphabet, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
