Baruch (,

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

: Berek) is a masculine name among

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

s used from Biblical times to the present, which is sometimes used as surname. It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians—particularly among

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

s who use

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

names. Except for its use as a name, this is also related to ''

berakhah In Judaism, a ''berakhah'', ''bracha'', ', ' ( he, בְּרָכָה; pl. , ''berakhot'', '; "benediction," "blessing") is a formula of blessing or thanksgiving, recited in public or private, usually before the performance of a commandment, or th ...

'' or ''bracha'' (Hebrew: ברכה; plural ברכות, ''berakhot''), which is a Jewish

blessing In religion, a blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the impartation of something with grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will. Etymology and Germanic paganism The modern English language term ''bless'' likely ...

. See also: ''

Baraka Baraka or Barakah may refer to: * Berakhah or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony * Barakah or Baraka, in Islam, the beneficent force from God that flows through the physical and spiritual spheres * Baraka, full ''ḥ ...

'' and ''

Barakah In Islam, ''Barakah'' or ''Baraka'' ( ar, بركة "blessing") is a blessing power, a kind of continuity of spiritual presence and revelation that begins with God and flows through that and those closest to God. Baraka can be found within physi ...

''. The root B-R-K meaning "blessing" is also present in other

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...

. The most common

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

form is the passive form

Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in t ...

, but the form

Barak Barak ( or ; he, בָּרָק; Tiberian Hebrew: '' Bārāq''; ar, البُراق ''al-Burāq'' "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephrai ...

( Barack) is also used. In Polish is Berek.

Benedictus Benedictus may refer to: Music * Benedictus (Song of Zechariah), ''Benedictus'' (''Song of Zechariah''), the canticle sung at Lauds, also called the Canticle of Zachary * The second part of the Sanctus, part of the Eucharistic prayer * Benedictus ...

is a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

name with similar meaning; cf.

Baruch Spinoza Baruch (de) Spinoza (born Bento de Espinosa; later as an author and a correspondent ''Benedictus de Spinoza'', anglicized to ''Benedict de Spinoza''; 24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, b ...

or Benedictus de Spinoza.

People with the given name Baruch

Bible

Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah ( he, בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה ''Bārūḵ ben Nērīyyā''; c. 6th century BC) was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah. He is traditionally credited with autho ...

, aide to the prophet

Jeremiah Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish ...

* Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of

Nehemiah Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465–424 BC). The name is pronounced ...

's helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem * Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the

Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

who settled in Jerusalem

Later times

Baruch Agadati Baruch Agadati ( he, ברוך אגדתי, also Baruch Kaushansky-Agadati; January 8, 1895 – January 18, 1976) was a Russian Empire-born Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director. Biography Baruch Kau ...

(1895–1976), Israeli painter, dancer, and film director *

Baruch Ben Haim Baruch Ben Haim ( he, ברוך בן חיים, November 18, 1921 – June 2, 2005) was a Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, ...

(1921–2005), assistant chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York *

Baruch Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28, 1925 April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepat ...

(1925–2011), American Nobel Prize-winning physician, developed Hepatitis B vaccine *

Baruch Feinberg Baruch Feinberg (ברוך פיינברג; August 6, 1933 – May 17, 2007) was an Israeli Olympic javelin thrower. When he competed in the Olympics, he was aged 6 (182 cm), and weighed 159 lbs (72 kg). Javelin career He was the ...

(born 1933), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower *

Baruch Goldstein Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( he, ברוך קופל גולדשטיין; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an Israeli-American mass murderer, religious extremist, and physician who perpetrated the 1994 terrorist ...

(1956–1994), American-Israeli settler physician who murdered 29 Muslim worshipers in 1994 *

Baruch Kurzweil Baruch Kurzweil (1907–1972) (Hebrew: ברוך קורצווייל) was a pioneer of Israeli literary criticism. Biography Kurzweil was born in Brtnice, Moravia (now Czechoslovakia) in 1907, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He studied at Solomon ...

(1907–1972), Israeli literary critic *

Baruch Levine Baruch Levine (born December 28, 1977) is a Canadian-born American Orthodox Jewish composer and singer whose songs have become popular and classic throughout the Orthodox Jewish world. His slow, soulful, heartfelt tunes have gained wide popularity ...

(born 1977), American Orthodox Jewish singer-composer *

Baruch Ostrovsky Baruch Ostrovsky (1890–1960; he, ברוך אוסטרובסקי), the first mayor of Ra'anana, served as mayor for 28 years. He championed democracy, equality, education and organized Jewish labor. Background Baruch Ostrovsky was born in U ...

(1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel *

Baruch Shemtov reporter, journalist, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He was the Entertainment Anchor on ''Good Day New York'' on Fox 5 NY WNYW from 2017 to 2019. He was the New York Correspondent for Young Hollywood, a Special Correspondent for ''Extra''. ...

(born 1987), American journalist, television host, fashion designer, and entrepreneur *

(1632–1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher *

Baruch Schleisinger Weil Baruch Schleisinger Weil, born Baruch Schleisinger, also known as Benjamin S. Weil, () was a French American immigrant, farmer, real estate broker, and politician. He is the founder and namesake of Slinger, Wisconsin; he served three years in the ...

(1802–1893) American businessman and politician *

Baruch Steinberg Baruch or Boruch Steinberg (17 December 1897–after 9 April 1940) was a Polish rabbi and military officer. He was Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army during German invasion of Poland and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 and was murdered by the ...

(1897–1940), chief Rabbi of the Polish Army, victim of the Katyn massacre *

Baruch Zuckerman Baruch Zuckerman ( he, ברוך צוקרמן; June 26, 1887 – December 13, 1970) was a leading American-Israeli Zionist, one of the leading proponents of Yad Vashem, editor of '' Yiddishe Kempfer'', and a leading figure in the Farband and Hist ...

(1887–1970), American-Israeli zionist

Fictional characters

* The Baruch of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

, the king of the

Saracen upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ...

s in

Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Eschenbach (; – ) was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry. Life Little is known of Wolfram's life. There are ...

's ''

Parzival ''Parzival'' is a medieval romance by the knight-poet Wolfram von Eschenbach in Middle High German. The poem, commonly dated to the first quarter of the 13th century, centers on the Arthurian hero Parzival (Percival in English) and his long ...

'' * Baruch, a fictional

angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...

in the ''

His Dark Materials ''His Dark Materials'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of '' Northern Lights'' (1995; published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' (1997), and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (2000). It follows ...

'' series * The real name of Billy Joe Cobra, of the television show

Dude, That's My Ghost ''Dude, That's My Ghost!'' (French: ''Mon Pote le fantôme'') is a 2013 Anglo- French animated television series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge, produced by Alphanim, and directed by Frédéric Martin. The series aired on Disney XD in the United ...

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