witty+sayings
91ELIJAH — (Heb. אֵלִיָּהוּ, also אֵלִיָּה), Israelite prophet active in Israel in the reigns of ahab and Ahaziah (ninth century B.C.E.). In the opinion of some scholars, the designation the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead (I Kings 17:1) supports the… …
92PORTO-RAFA (Rapaport), MOSES BEN JEHIEL HA-KOHEN — (d. 1624), Italian scholar. Moses was a member of the German family Rafa that settled in the town of Porto in the vicinity of Verona and became the progenitors of the renowned rapaport family. In 1602 Moses served as rabbi of Badia Polesine in… …
93RABBAH BAR NAḤAMANI — (c. 270–330; d. 321/22 according to Iggeret R. Sherira Ga on, ed. by B.M. Lewin (1921), 87; according to Hyman c. 260–340), Babylonian amora. Rabbah was the scion of a priestly family, which traced its lineage to the high priest Eli (RH 18a). He… …
