GABBAI — GABBAI, family with many branches in baghdad and India. Noteworthy members include ISAAC BEN DAVID BEN YESHU AH (d. 1773), known as Sheikh Isḥāq Pasha because he ruled with the firmness of a pasha from 1745 to 1773 as nasi of the Jewish community … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Dario Gabbai — David Dario Gabbai (born 1922) is a Greek Sephardi Jew and Holocaust survivor, notable for his role as a member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz. He was deported to the camp in March 1944 and put to work in one of the crematoria at Birkenau,… … Wikipedia
Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai — (Hebrew: מאיר בן יחזקאל אבן גבאי) was a Kabbalist born in Spain toward the end of 1480, and living probably in the East. He complained in his twenty seventh year that he had to work hard to support himself and his family (see end of Tola at Ya… … Wikipedia
GA'ATON — (Heb. גַּעֲתוֹן), kibbutz in the hills of northern lsrael, east of nahariyyah , affiliated with Kibbutz Arẓi Ha Shomer ha Ẓa ir. It was founded in October 1948 while under fire from nearby Arab positions. The founding group of settlers hailed… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JOSEPH DELLA REINA — JOSEPH DELLA REINA, hero of a kabbalistic legend who attempted to bring an end to Satan s power and thus lead to the redemption. The earliest version of the story, which evolved between the 15th and 17th centuries, is recorded by abraham b.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
OTTOMAN EMPIRE — OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Balkan and Middle Eastern empire started by a Turkish tribe, led by ʿUthmān (1288–1326), at the beginning of the 14th century. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: sources … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISTANBUL — ISTANBUL, city in N.W. turkey , on both sides of the Bosphorus at its entrance on the Sea of Marmara (for history prior to 1453, see constantinople ). Constantinople was taken from the Byzantine emperor in 1453 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim — Kolel Chibas Jerusalem ( he. כולל חיבת ירושלים), also known as the Charity of Rabbi Meir Ba al Ha Nes named after the great 2nd century Jewish sage Rabbi Meir is a large charitable organization based in Jerusalem s Meah Shearim… … Wikipedia
PRINTING, HEBREW — pre modern period The first mention of Jews in connection with printing is found in Avignon c. 1444 (before Gutenberg) when a Jew, Davin de Caderousse, studied the new craft. The first Hebrew books were printed at least within 35 years after the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
