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Rokach Prize
Rokeach or Rokach ( Hebrew for " apothecary", " perfume", "perfumer" or "pharmacist") is the surname of: * Aharon Rokeach (1877–1957), the fourth Belzer rebbe * Elazar Rokeach (c. 1176 – 1238), Talmudist and kabbalist * Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam, (c. 1665—1742), rabbi * Israel Rokach (1886–1959), Israeli politician * Joel Rokach (1909–1965), Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician * Lucy Rokach, English professional poker player * Malka Rokeach, the first Belzer ''rebbetzin'' * Milton Rokeach (1918–1988), Professor of social psychology * Sholom Rokeach (1779–1855), the first Belzer rebbe * Yehoshua Rokeach (1825–1894), the second Belzer rebbe * Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (born 1949), the current Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak, is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker Rebbe. As a scion of the Belz dynasty The lineage of the present Machnov ... (born 1949), current Machnovka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Language
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] |
