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1. Genazzano, Elijah Ḥayyim Ben Benjamin Of: Italian physician, theologian, and cabalist; flourished in the first half of the sixteenth century. He had a religious controversy with Fra Francisco da Acquapendente, in which he bitterly attacked Christianity for its dogma of original sin, for its claim of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]

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1. Schick, Elijah Ben Benjamin: Lithuanian rabbi and preacher; born at Vasilishok, government of Wilna, in 1809; died at Kobrin, government of Kovno, Sept. He was a pupil of Benjamin, chief rabbi of Grodno. As rabbi he officiated in various towns, including Diretchin, Lida, Novie ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [60%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Ḥayyim, Elijah Ibn: Rabbi of Constantinople, perhaps the immediate successor of Elijah. Mizraḥi; born about 1532; died in the beginning of the seventeenth century. In his responsa the date 1562 is mentioned; another responsum is dated 1601, and it appears from the preface ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [56%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Elijah Ben Benjamin Ha-Levi: Turkish rabbi; flourished in Constantinople in the sixteenth century. He succeeded one of his teachers, Elijah Mizraḥi, as rabbi in Constantinople (1526). Elijah made the first collection of prayers for the Maḥzor Romania (editio princeps, Constantinople, 1510), to which he ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [54%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Rabinowitz, Elijah David Ben Benjamin: Russian rabbi; born at Pikeln, government of Kovno, June 11, 1845. He studied Talmud and rabbinics under his father (who was rabbi successively at Shilel, Rogova, and Vilkomir), and at the age of fifteen had acquired a substantial knowledge of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [54%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Ḥayyim (Joshua), Pheibel Ben Israel, Of Tarnigrod: He wrote a geography of Palestine, in Hebrew, entitled "Ḳaẓwe Areẓ" (Zolkiev, 1772). In the second edition (Grodno, 1818) it bore the title "Ereẓ Yisrael li-Gebuloteha Sabib. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [51%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Ḥayyim (Lit. "Life"): A common prænomen among the Jews, especially during the Middle Ages. In its Latin form it occurs on the Hebrew mosaic of Kafr Kenna as, i., and in the Jewish catacombs of Venosa (also ; Ascoli, "Inscrizioni," No. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [51%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Ẓemaḥ Ben Ḥayyim: Gaon of Sura from 889 to 895. He was the stepbrother and successor of Nahshon ben Zadok, and has become known especially through the reply which he madeto the inquiry of the Kairwanites regarding Eldad ha-Dani. This responsum, which ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Ḥayyim Ben Israel: Spanish philosopher and author; lived in Toledo about 1272-77; a descendant of the Israeli family and a relative of Isaac Israeli, author of the astronomical work "Yesod 'Olam. He wrote a treatise on paradise, which exists in manuscript. Bibliography ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Ḥayyim Ben Bezaleel: German Talmudist; died at Friedberg on the Shabu'ot festival, 1588. He was the eldest of the four sons of Bezaleel ben Ḥayyim, and spent his youth at Posen, the native city of the family. He and Moses Isserles studied ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
10. Aaron Ben Ḥayyim: An exegete who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century at Grodno, Russia. He wrote "Moreh Derek" (He Who Shows the Way), tracing the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, their wanderings in the desert, and the partition ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
11. Reuben Ben Ḥayyim: Provençal Talmudist; flourished about the middle of the thirteenth century; brother of the liturgical poet Abraham benḤayyim. Reuben, who lived at Narbonne, was a pupil of Isaac ha-Kohen of that city, and teacher of Menahem Me'iri. The latter ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Angel Ben Ḥayyim: A Turkish commentator on the Bible; lived at Salonica in the last half of the eighteenth century. He wrote "'Eẓ Ḥayyim" (Tree of Life), containing disquisitions on Genesis. Varshano's "Ya'aḳob Ḥebel" at Salonica, in 1772. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
13. Ḥayyim Ben Tobiah: Russian rabbi; lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He was among the pupils of Elijah of Wilna, and settled in Safed. In a letter from Safed, dated 1810, he exhorts the Jews of Russia to contribute to the assistance ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
14. Abraham Ben Ḥayyim (Called Also Abraham Ben Ḥayyim Ben Reuben And Abraham Ben: Rabbi of Narbonne, where he lived in the first half of the thirteenth century. He was a brother of Reuben ben Ḥayyim, the pupil of Isaac ha-Kohen of Narbonne, and the teacher of Menahem Meïri. Abraham left his native ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
15. Ḥayyim Ben Nathan: He translated into Judæo-German the historical portions of the Bible. In the preface to his translation he says that he derived his version from the "Galchisch" Bible (Bible of the "gallaḥim," or priests), that is, from Luther's translation ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
16. Beer, Benjamin Ben Elijah Ha-Rofe: An Italian, doubtless an artist, who lived in Italy, probably at Ferrara, during the fifteenth century. On a bronze medal discovered at Lyons, France, in 1656, Beer's name appears in acrostic in the Hebrew legend encircling the head. The ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [49%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
17. Nissim, Ḥayyim B. Elijah: Turkish rabbi; probably lived in the second half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of "Maẓa Ḥayyim," homilies and comments on the Pentateuch. It was published, together with some additions, by his son Samuel b. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [49%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
18. Moses, Joseph Ḥayyim Elijah: Cabalist and Talmudist; grandson of a chief rabbi of Bagdad; one of the leaders of the Jewish community there (1904). He wrote the following, published at Jerusalem and Bagdad between 1870 and 1900: "Rab Pe'alim"; "Ben Ish Ḥai"; "Ben ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [49%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Elijah Ben Joseph: Turkish Talmudist and commentator; lived at Salonica in the sixteenth century. He wrote: "Ḳol Teru'ah," homilies on the Pentateuch, Salonica, 1562; and an unpublished commentary on Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Daniel, Ezra, and Chronicles, entitled "Sefer ha-Tiḳḳunim. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [47%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]