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Yosef Ben Moshe Babad
Joseph ben Moses Babad (1801 in Przeworsk – 1874 in Ternopil) was a rabbi, ''posek'' and Talmudist, best known for his work, the ''Minchat Chinuch'', a commentary on the '' Sefer Hachinuch''. Babad served as rabbi at Bohorodczany, Zbarizh, Sniatyn, and Tarnopol where in 1857 he was appointed as ''Av Beit Din'', a position he held for the rest of his life. He studied under Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rov, and enjoyed close relationships with the various Hasidic leaders of Galicia. Rabbi Babad's first wife is not known; he later married the sister of Chaim Halberstam, and after her death he again remarried. Minchat Chinuch Minchat Chinuch ( he, מנחת חינוך) is a legal commentary on the ''Sefer ha-Chinuch''. The ''Sefer Ha-Chinuch'' systematically discusses the 613 commandments of the Torah, their Biblical source, and philosophical underpinnings - while the ''Minchat Chinuch'' serves as a legal commentary through the perspective of the Talmud and Rishonim. ''Minchat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosef Babad (1905–1997)
Yosef (Joseph) Babad (1905 – August 30, 1997) was an American rabbi and scholar. A prominent member of the Chicago Jewish community, he was a professor of Bible and Jewish Literature at Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, where he was also the dean of students and dean of the graduate school for 40 years. He wrote an authoritative book on the history of the Jews in Medieval Carinthia in Austria. Biography Babad was born in 1905 in Lubaczów, Poland. He was the scion of a rabbinic family tracing lineage to the 11th century and a direct descendant of the famed author of the ''Minchat Chinuch'', after whom he was named. Rabbi Babad received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1933, and rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical Seminary of Vienna in 1934. He served as a district rabbi of the Carinthian Jewish community of Klagenfurt, in the Austrian Alps. In 1939, Babad moved to the Netherlands, where he worked with the Vaad Hatzalah facilitating J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |