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Yitro (parsha)Yitro, Yithro, or Yisro (יתרו – Hebrew for Jethro, the second word and first distinctive word in the parshah) is the seventeenth weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus [18:1–20:23.] Je..
Yitskhok RudashevskiYitskhok Rudashevski (1927 - 1943) was a young Jewish teenager who lived in the Vilna Ghetto during the 1940s. He wrote a diary from June 1941 to April 1943 which details his life and struggles living in the ghetto. He was most likely murdered in the liquidation of September 1943, probably at Ponary..
Yitzchak Elchanan SpektorRabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (or Isaac Elchonon Spector) (1817-1896) was an important Rabbi, Posek and Talmudic sage of the 19th century. He was born in Grodno in 1817, then part of the Russian Empire. He was appointed chief rabbi of Kovno in 1863, holding ..
Yitzchak Isaac of ZidichovYitzchak Isaac of Zidichov (1805-1873) was a noted Hasidic rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Yisachar Barish, who was the brother of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov (1763-1831). Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac was a close disciple of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov until the latter's death. He later studied under the l..
Yitzchak KaduriYitzchak Kaduri, also spelled Kadouri and Kadourie (1889? - January 28, 2006), was a renowned Sephardic Orthodox Haredi rabbi and kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study and prayer on behalf of the Jewish people. He taught and practiced the kavanot of the Rashash. His blessings and amule..
Yitzchak Meir AlterYitzchak Meir Alter (also Rottenburg, Rothenburg or Rothenberg as an alternate for "Alter") (1798(?) - March 10 1866), was also known as the Chidushei Harim for his Torah book/s. He is sometimes referred to fondly as Reb Itchie Mayer by his followers. He was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and founder of ..
Yitzchak Zev SoloveitchikRabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveithchik (יצחק זאב סולובייצ'יק) ( "Velvel Soloveithchik", 1886-1959) also referred to as the Brisker Rav, was a son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brest, Belarus (known amongst the Jews of the area as "Brisk"). He is also commonly known as the GRYZ, an acrony..
Yitzchok Dovid GronerRabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, is the head Chabad shaliach ("emissary") to Victoria, Australia, and the director of numerous Jewish schools through the Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Born in New York to a Chabad family, he arrived in Australia for the first time in 1949. External links �..
Yitzchok HutnerYitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (1906 - 1980) was an Orthodox rabbi born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Ger Hasidim and non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews in their origins. He received private instruction in Torah and Talmud. As a young teenager, he was enrolled in the famous mussar Slabodka yeshiva in L..
Yitzchok KoganYitzchok Kogan is an Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He serves in Moscow, Russia where he is the rabbi of the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue and a member of the Agudas Chasidei Chabad of Russia. Contents 1 Education2 Refusnik3 Recent activity4&nbs..
Yitzchok Yaakov WeissRabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, (1902-1989), also known as the Minchas Yitzchak, was a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar. He was a world-renowned expert on Jewish religious law. He was born in the town of Dolina in Galicia, the son of a distinguished Chassid, Rabbi Yosef Yehuda..
Yitzhak AradYitzhak Arad is a Polish-born Israeli historian and retired IDF brigadier general. A veteran of the Nazi-era Jewish resistance movement in ghetto and partisan combat, he has researched, lectured, and published extensively on the Holocaust. Dr. Yitzhak Arad was born Itzhak Rudnicki in Swieciany (Sve..
Yitzhak Ben-AharonYitzhak Ben-Aharon (יצחק בן אהרון in Hebrew), (July 17 1906 – May 19 2006) was an Israeli socialist politician. He was a Knesset member from the first to the fifth Knessets and in the seventh and eighth, former Minister of Transport and former General secretary of the Histadrut. Con..
Yitzhak Ben-ZviYitzhak Ben-Zvi Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (November 24, 1884, Poltava, Ukraine - April 23, 1963, Jerusalem, Israel) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second Israeli president (1952 - 1963). Ben-Zvi was the eldest son of Zvi Shamshi Shimshelevitz. He was active in the Jewish self-defense u..
Yitzhak Ben NerYitzhak Ben Ner (b. 1937 in Kfar Yehoshua, Israel) was an influential Israeli screenplay writer and journalist. He attended Tel Aviv University. He was awarded the Agnon-Jerusalem prize in 1981. His stories and screenplays have been translated into many languages. ..
Yitzhak BreiterYitzhak Breiter (1886-1943?) was a rabbi and Breslover Hasid who spread the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov beyond their origins in Ukraine to the country of Poland during the early to mid 20th century. Born in Poland 76 years after Rebbe Nachman's death, Breiter grew up without ever having h..
Yitzhak CohenYitzhak Cohen (Hebrew: יצחק כהן) (born: December 2, 1951) is an Israeli politician and member of the 14-16th Knessets, former National Authority of Religious Services Minister, and former Deputy Minister of Finance. He is number two on Shas' list. Cohen is married, with ten children. He was..
Yitzhak DorbeloYitzhak or Isaac Dorbelo was a Franco-Jewish merchant of the early eleventh century CE. He wrote an account of travelling to Poland in the company of Radhanite merchant-venturers. Brook, Kevin. The Jews of Khazaria. 1st ed. Northvale: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999.Schipper, Itzhak. "Dzieje Gospodarcze ..
Yitzhak GershonAluf Yitzhak "Jerry" Gershon (b. 1958) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the current head of the Israeli Home Front Command. Gershon received a B.A. in public relations and international relations from the University of Haifa. In 1976 he entered the IDF and trained as a paratrooper. ..
Yitzhak ha-SangariYitzhak ha-Sangari is the name of the rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism according to medieval Jewish sources. According to D.M. Dunlop, "the name Isaac Sangari is perhaps not attested before the 13th century, when he is mentioned by Nahmanides." Cover of the 1880 Hebrew language Warsaw ..
Yitzhak HaLevi HerzogRabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1889-1959), also known as Isaac Herzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland, his term lasting from 1921 to 1936. Later, he became Chief Rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine and Israel, once formed. Herzog was born in Lomza, Poland, and ..
Yitzhak HarelAluf Yitzhak "Haki" Harel (b. 1957) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the current head of the Israeli Planning Directorate. He was born in Israel and graduated from Haifa University with a B.A. in State Affairs. He has also studied at the IDF Command and Administration Academy. Hare..
Yitzhak HerzogFor his grandfather, see Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. Yitzhak (Buzi) Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק הרצוג) (born: September 22, 1960) is an Israeli politician and lawyer, and former Minister of Housing and Building. He is currently second on the Labour list. As of May 4, 2006, he is the Minister of..
Yitzhak HofiYitzhak Hofi (Hebrew: יצחק חופי) was the director of the Mossad from 1974 to 1982. Before that he was a general in the Israeli Defense Forces in charge of the Northern Command. In July of 1976, Hofi lobbied strongly for a rescue mission to be mounted to save the large number of Israeli pas..
Yitzhak KatzenelsonYitzhak Katzenelson Yitzhak Katzenelson (also transcribed Jizchak Katzenelson; Yitzhak Katznelson) (1886-1944) was a Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist. He was born in 1886 in Karelits near Minsk, and was murdered May 1, 1944 in Auschwitz. Katzenelson lived as a teacher near Łódź, Poland. F..
Yitzhak LaorYitzhak Laor, (b. 1948) is an Israeli poet,author,and journalist. Born in Pardes Hanna, Israel. He is the author of five poetry books, 19 novels, plays, and article collections. He is mostly known for his poetry of political protest, particularly about the Lebanese War of 1982 and the Israeli occupa..
Yitzhak MordechaiYitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak Mordechai (Hebrew: יצחק מרדכי, born November 22, 1944) was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and of Transport. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual misconduct during his military service. His eventual convict..
Yitzhak Navon--> Yizhak Navon (Jerusalem, April 9 1921), an Israeli politician, diplomat and author, was the fifth president of Israel. Navon is a plurilingual descendant of a Mizrahi-Jewish-Palestinian family of rabbis, but secular himself. He studied Hebrew literature and islamic culture at the Hebrew Unive..
Yitzhak NissimYitzhak Nissim (1896 - 1981) (Hebrew:יצחק נסים), was a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel in 1925. In 1964, Pope Paul VI visited Israel but refused to visit Jerusalem. In protest, Rabbi Nissim boycotted this visit. |- style="t..
Yitzhak Orpaz-AuerbachYitshak Orpaz (born 1923) is an Israeli writer. Yitshak Orpaz was born in the Soviet Union. He immigrated to Palestine at the age of 17. He served in the British army during the Second World War and in the Israel Defense Forces during the Israeli War of Independence. After the war he served in the ..
Yitzhak Rabin[Yitzhak Rabin] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (Hebrew: יִצְחָק רָבִּין), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassinatio..
Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theoriesredirect [[Template:Not verified]] Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories arose almost immediately following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, on November 4, 1995. The gunman Yigal Amir, a Jewish Israeli student, was apprehended within seconds by other people ..
Yitzhak SadehYitzhak Sadeh, (1890-1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the independence of the State of Israel. Born in Lublin in 1890, he was honored with a medal from the Russian army for his bravery during World War I. During 1917-1919 he..
Yitzhak SalkinsohnIsaac Edward Salkinsohn (1820 - June 5, 1883), (Hebrew: , Yitzhak Salkinsohn), was a Jew who converted to Christianity, and lived during the Jewish Enlightenment. He was famous as a translator into Hebrew. He was noted for his loyalty to the original text, while preserving the spirit of the Hebrew l..
Yitzhak Shamir[Yitzhak Shamir] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. He was born as Icchak Jaziernicki (Itzchak Izernitzki) in Różana, Poland (now Ruzha..
Yitzhak SternhartzYitzhak Sternhartz (1808-1871) was the second eldest son of Rabbi Nathan of Breslov (also known as "Reb Noson"). He was born in the town of Nemirov, Ukraine (located nine miles northwest of Breslov), where his father had become a close disciple of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Sternhartz remained close ..
Yitzhak YitzhakyYitzhak Yitzhaky (26 November 1936) – 19 February 1994) was an Israeli educator and politician, whose was elected to the Ninth Knesset for Ariel Sharon's Shlomtzion Party. Yitzhaky was born in Tiberias and was an active member of the Maccabee youth movement. He studied psychology and educati..
YitzharYitzhar (Hebrew: ) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains near Nablus/Shechem just off Route 60 north of the Tapuach Junction. The meaning of 'Yitzhar' is a certain high quality olive oil. The village was established on state lands in 1983 as a pioneer Nahal military ..
Yitzkhok Yoel LinetzkyYitzkhok Yoel Linetzky (1839–1915) was a Yiddish language author and early Zionist. Sol Liptzin characterized him as "a master of the picturesque vitriolic phrase." [Liptzin, 1972, 46] Life He was raised a Hasidic Jew in Vinitza, Podolia (now in Ukraine), but revolted against his vi..
Yi Tung ShanYi Tung Shan (二東山) is the seventh highest hill in Hong Kong. With height 747 m on the Lantau Island, it is situated east of Sunset Peak. While the Sunset Peak, known as Tai Tung Shan, literally means the first east hill in Cantonese language, the Yi Tung Shan means the second east hill. The ..
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