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Jewish 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""The ...

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(meaning "candle" in Talmudic Aramaic) and may refer to: *

Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (alternatively, "Or Shraga", "Faivish", "Fayvish", "Faibesh", etc.) (Hebrew: שמואל בן אורי שרגא פיביש) was a Polish rabbi and Talmudist of Woydyslaw in the second half of the 17th century. In his ea ...

, Polish rabbi and Talmudist of Woydyslaw in the second half of the 17th century *

Shraga Bar Shraga Bar ( he, שרגא בר; born March 24, 1948) is a former Israeli football defender who played for the Israel national team between 1968 and 1972. He was part of the team for the Israel squad in the 1970 World Cup. At club level, Bar pl ...

(born 1948), former Israeli football defender, who played for the Israel national team between 1968 and 1972 *

Shraga Feivish Hager Grand Rabbi Shraga Feivish Hager, also known as the Kosover Rebbe, is the ''rebbe'' of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, a '' dayan'' ("rabbinic judge"), and noted orator. He is known as a creative and insightful thinker, whose original teachings are neve ...

the ''rebbe'' of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, ''dayan'' ("rabbinic judge"), and noted orator *

Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886 – 7 September 1948) was a leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such as Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization. He is also known for having taken the reins in 1921 and b ...

(1886–1948), early leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such as Torah Vodaath *

Shraga Feivel Zimmerman Shraga Feivel Halevy Zimmerman is the ''av beis din'' of the Federation of Synagogues in London. He accepted the position on the 30th of June 2019, but took office in January 2020. Rabbi Zimmerman succeeded Dayan Lichtenstein as head of the organi ...

, the ABD (Town rabbi) of the Jewish community in Gateshead *

Shraga Goren Shraga Goren ( he, שרגא גורן, born Shraga Gorohovsky in 1898, died 12 June 1972) was an Israeli politician. Biography Born in Makariv in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Goren studied in a heder and a high school in Kyiv. He also at ...

(1898–1972), Israeli politician *

Shraga Simmons Shraga Simmons (born 1 July 1961) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, journalist, filmmaker, brand builder and leader in Torah-themed marketing. He is the co-founder of Aish.com, the educational website and co-founder of HonestReporting, the pro-Israel ...

(born 1961), influential rabbi involved in kiruv (Jewish outreach) *

Shraga Weil Shraga Weil ( he, שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter. Biography Weil was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father was a building e ...

(1918–2009), Israeli painter *

Shraga Weinberg Shraga Weinberg (born 25 March 1966 in Petach Tiqva) is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player. Weinberg was born in 1966, paralyzed in his upper body. He also has bone density abnormalities, which caused him to go through many surgeries in his y ...

(born 1966), Israeli wheelchair tennis player *

Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1813–1898), known as the ''Shinever Rov'' (Rabbi of Sieniawa), was the eldest son of the ''Divrei Chaim'', Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of h ...

, (1813–1898), the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz * Shraga Weiss, (1981–present), the middle son of Jacob and Susan Weiss. Renowned international animated film artist and philanthropist.

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