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1. Abigdor: A prænomen, as well as a family name, which first appeared in the Middle Ages and which is still in use. It is supposed to be the Biblical ("Father of Gedor"; I Chron. though some scholars have connected it with ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Abigdor Cohen: Italian rabbi, distinguished for learning and wealth, who lived in Ferrara about the middle of the fifteenth century. Joseph Kolon, the most important Talmudist of Italy at that time, speaks of him in terms of the highest respect. It can ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Abigdor Zuvidal: Italian rabbi of German descent, who flourished in the sixteenth century; died Nov. David de Pomis, in the preface to his dictionary, "Ẓemaḥ David," states that Abigdor was of German descent. It was at the request of Abigdor and some of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Ḥayyim, Abigdor: He was the author of "Peri 'Eẓ Ḥayyim" (Amsterdam, 1742), containing responsa, annotations to Maimonides' "Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah" and to the "Arba' Ṭurim," and sermons arranged in the order of the Sabbatical sections. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Abigdor Ben Isaac: A French rabbinic scholar; lived during the second half of the thirteenth century. He is probably identical with the "Abigdor the Frenchman" mentioned in old manuscripts, who wrote a commentary on the Maḥzor. From a note in manuscript (Munich, No. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Abigdor Ben Samuel: A rabbi in Pruzhany, Rushony, Wilkowyszky, and Selva (Lithuania and Poland), from 1719 to 1768. Toward the close of his life he removed to Wilna, where his son Samuel was rabbi. Responsa of his are found in the collection of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Abraham Ben Abigdor: Bohemian rabbi; born in the latter part of the fifteenth century; died at Prague, Oct. For the last twenty years of his life he was rabbi of Prague, and as such had many pupils, among whom was Abraham Jaffe,father ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Samuel Ben Abigdor: Russian rabbi; born about 1720; died 1793 at Wilna, where his father, who had been rabbi in Pruzhani, Rushany, and Wilkowyszky, spent his last years (see Abigdor ben Samuel). His father-in-law, Judah ben Eliezer, surnamed "Yesod," was probably ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Abigdor Ben Menahem: German Talmudist; lived at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The Bodleian collection of manuscripts contains responsa by him. Abigdor ben Menahem, to judge from the place assigned to him in the collection, seems to have been a contemporary of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
10. Abigdor Ben Simḥa: A German author, who was born in Glogau in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. After having been a tutor for some time in Berlin, he removed to Prague in 1768, and there followed the same vocation. Early in ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
11. Lichtenstadt, Moses Abigdor: Polish Hebraist and Talmudist; born at Lublin, Russian Poland, July 15, 1787; died at Odessa Jan. He was noted as well for his charities, especially in assisting poor students, as for his Biblical and Talmudic scholarship. He was one of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Ḳara, Abraham Ben Abigdor: Bohemian chief rabbi, rosh yeshibah, and liturgist; died at Prague Oct. He wrote a super-commentary on Rashi to the Pentateuch, mentioned by David Gans ("Ẓemaḥ Dawid," p. a); and glosses to the "Ṭur Oraḥ Ḥayyim" (see Zunz, "Z. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
13. Abigdor Ben Moses (Called Also Abigdor Sofer Of Eisenstadt Or Abigdor Izmunsh): Lived in the sixteenth century in Cracow. He translated certain portions of the prayer-book into German. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
14. Ḳara, Abigdor Ben Isaac: Bohemian cabalist and liturgical poet; died at Prague April 10, 1439. He lived for a time at Ratisbon, but settled permanently at Prague after 1409. ara enjoyed a high reputation and associated with King Wenceslaus, who liked to converse with ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
15. Abigdor Ben Elijah Ha-Kohen (Called Also Abigdor Cohen Ẓedeḳ): The earliest of the great Talmudists of Austria; flourished about the middle of the thirteenth century. Simḥa of Speyer (who flourished about 1220), but he knew also R. Joel ha-Levi of Bonn (who flourished about 1175). (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [47%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
16. Kosteliz (Costellez), Abigdor Ben Simon: Egyptian rabbi and cabalist; born before 1572; died 1659. He studied under Moses ha-Kohen, head of the yeshibah in Egypt, one of his fellow pupils being David Conforte. a, 50a; * Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
17. Senior, Phoebus Ben Jacob Abigdor: Talmudic scholar and author; lived in thefirst half of the eighteenth century. He wrote a commentary on the six orders of the Mishnah, entitled "Melo Kaf Naḥat," in which he collected explanations from Rashi, Maimonides, Bertinoro, and Tosafot Yom-Ṭob ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
18. Ḳanah Abigdor (Abengdor Or Abengedor): A cabalistic writer of the fifteenth century, who lived either in Spain (Graetz) or in Italy or in Greece (Jellinek). In the introduction to his book "Sefer ha-Ḳanah," he describes himself as "Ḳanah Abengedor, son of Nahum, of the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Abigdor Ben Nathan Of Avignon: French Talmudist; flourished in the thirteenth and at the beginning of the fourteenth centuries. He was the teacher of Abraham ben Nathan, the author of "Ha-Manhig," in which work Abigdor is twice mentioned. In 1304, when "Ha-Manhig" was ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
20. Glogauer, Abigdor Ben Simḥah Ha-Levi: German Hebrew scholar of the eighteenth century. He published "Dabar Ṭob," an elementary Hebrew grammar with paradigms, printed with Moses ibn Ḥabib's "Marpe Lashon" (Prague, 1783); "Iggerot," Mendelssohn's letters (Vienna, 1794); "Ḥotam Toknit," Hebrew poems, the appendix to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
21. Abigdor, Solomon Ben Abraham: A Hebrew translator; born in Provence in 1384. Assisted by his father, Abraham Bonet ben Meshullam, he, at the early age of fifteen years, translated Arnauld de Villeneuve's work, "De Judiciis Astronomiæ," from Latin into Hebrew under the title "Panim ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
22. Abigdor, Abraham (Called Also Bonet Ben Meshullam Ben Solomon): A physician, philosopher, and translator; born in Provence, probably at Arles, in 1350. He should not be confounded with Maestro Abraham Abigdor, who in 1386 was the proprietor of a house at Arles ("Monatsschrift," 1880, pp. Abraham Abigdor devoted his ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [33%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]