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20-440: Alsheikh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Moshe Alsheikh (1508–1593), Ottoman rabbi Ola Alsheikh , Sudanese photographer Roni Alsheikh (born 1963), Israeli policeman See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Alsheikh Al-Sheikh (surname) Ras Alsheikh Hamid [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

40-567: A decree that condemns the purchase of rabbinic positions. In 1602, Isaiah Horowitz was appointed Av Beit Din in Austria , and in 1606 was appointed Rabbi of Frankfurt . In 1614, after serving as rabbi in prominent cities in Europe , he left following the Fettmilch Uprising and assumed the prestigious position of chief rabbi of Prague . In 1621, after the death of his wife, he moved to Israel ,

60-568: A notable scholar and author, and a disciple of Moses Isserles (Rema). Horowitz studied under Meir Lublin , Joshua Falk and Nasan Nota Shapirah He married Chaya, daughter of Abraham Moul, of Vienna , and was a wealthy and active philanthropist , supporting Torah study , especially in Jerusalem . In 1590, in Lublin , he participated in a meeting of the Council of Four Lands , and his signature appears on

80-723: The Alshich Hakadosh (the Holy) , was a prominent rabbi , preacher, and biblical commentator in the latter part of the sixteenth century. The Alshich was born in 1508 in the Ottoman city of Adrianople , and was the son of Hayyim Alshich. studied in Saloniki under the exiled hakhamim Joseph Taitatzak and Joseph Karo , author of the " Shulchan Aruch ". Following Karo to Safed , in modern-day Israel, where he taught notable students including Rabbi Hayim Vital and Rabbi Yom Tov Tzahalon . Although

100-574: The Sha'ar ha-Shamayim siddur (prayer book) which had an influence on the later Ashkenazi nusach . Rabbi Horowitz wrote that the eve of the first day of the month of Sivan is the most auspicious time to pray for the physical and spiritual welfare of one's children and grandchildren, since Sivan was the month that the Torah was given to the Jewish people. He composed a special prayer to be said on this day, known as

120-587: The surname Alsheikh . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alsheikh&oldid=1105403664 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Moshe Alsheikh Moshe Alshich Hebrew : משה אלשיך , also spelled Alshech, (1508–1593), known as

140-637: The Alshich belonged to the circle of the Kabbalists who lived at the city, his works rarely betray any traces of the Kabbalah . He is celebrated as a teacher, preacher, and casuist. Little is known of his life. In his works he avoids mention of himself, telling only of his course of study; thus in the preface to his commentary on the Pentateuch he says: I never aimed at things too high or beyond me. From my earliest days

160-752: The Alshich were the Shelah HaKadosh , the Ari HaKadosh and the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh , all of them distinctive personalities in their times. Various reasons have been suggested as to why the Alshich received the " HaKadosh " ("Holy") title. His homiletical commentaries on the Torah and the Prophets enjoy much popularity and are still studied today, largely because of their powerful influence as practical exhortations to virtuous life. These lectures were afterward published as "Commentaries" (perushim) on

180-478: The Covenant , abbreviated Shelah של"ה ‎), is an encyclopedic compilation of ritual, ethics , and mysticism. It was originally intended as an ethical will - written as a compendium of the Jewish tradition. The title page of the first edition states that the work is "compiled from both Torahs , Written and Oral , handed down from Sinai ". The work has had a profound influence on Jewish life - notably, on

200-636: The Dym family of rabbis and communal leaders in Galicia , Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye (a prominent student of Shneur Zalman of Liadi ), the Fruchter-Langer families, Rabbi Meir Zelig Mann of Memel, Lithuania (b. 1921, d. 2008), and, on their mother's side, the important Yiddish writers Daniel Charney , Shmuel Charney , and Baruch Vladek , as well as Elie Wiesel . His most important work Shenei Luḥot HaBerit ( Hebrew : שני לוחות הברית , Two Tablets of

220-593: The Sidra of the week and similar topics, which I delivered every Sabbath before large audiences, eager to listen to my instruction. Alshich travelled through Syria , Turkey , and Persia . Legend has it that his son was taken as a child and became a Moslem, and the Arizal authored a special prayer for the son's return. He died in Safed in 1593. Only a few rabbis were granted the title " Hakadosh " throughout Jewish history. Alongside

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240-527: The books of the Holy Scriptures, and Alshich gives a remarkable reason for their publication: "Many of those who had listened to my lectures repeated them partly or wholly in their own names. These offenses will be prevented by the publication of my own work". These lectures, though somewhat lengthy, were not tedious to his audience. The author repeatedly declares that in their printed form (as "Commentaries") he greatly curtailed them by omitting everything which

260-539: The early Hasidic movement, including the Baal Shem Tov ; Shneur Zalman of Liadi was described as a " Shelah Yid ", and Shelah clearly echoes in his work, Tanya . The work was first published in 1648 by his son, Shabbethai Horowitz , and has been often reprinted. An abbreviated form by Jehiel Michel Epstein appeared in 1683. (See also שני לוחות הברית article in the Hebrew Misplaced Pages ). Horowitz also wrote

280-431: The joy in every action, and how one should convert the evil inclination into good, two concepts that influenced Jewish thought through to the eighteenth-century, and greatly influenced the development of Hasidic Judaism . Famous descendants of Isaiah Horowitz included Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (known as החוזה מלובלין ‎ "The Seer of Lublin"), the prominent Billiczer rabbinical family of Szerencs , Hungary and

300-551: The pursuit of all worldly pleasures, and thus accelerate the approach of the Messianic era. Alshich possessed an easy and fluent style; his expositions are mostly of an allegorical character, but very rarely approach mysticism. In his commentary on the Song of Solomon , he calls peshaִt (literal explanation) and sod (mystical interpretation) the two opposite extremes, while he declares his own method of introducing allegorical exposition to be

320-502: The safe mean between these extremes. Alshich wrote the following commentaries, most of which have appeared in several editions: He is buried in Old Cemetery of Tzfat / Safed. Other notable rabbis also buried in Old Cemetery of Tzfat / Safed: Isaiah Horowitz Isaiah Horowitz was born in Prague around 1555. His first teacher was his father, Avraham ben Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz ,

340-576: The study of the Talmud was my chief occupation, and I assiduously attended the yeshivah where I made myself familiar with the discussions of Abaye and Raba . The night I devoted to research and the day to Halakha . In the morning I read the Talmud and in the afternoon the Posekim (Rabbinic legal decisions). Only on Fridays could I find time for the reading of Scripture and Midrash in preparation for my lectures on

360-604: The works of Abravanel, Gersonides or Maimonides . His explanations are all of a homiletical character; his sole object being to find in each sentence or in each word of the Scriptures a moral lesson, a support for trust in God, encouragement to patient endurance, and a proof of the vanity of all earthly goods as compared with the everlasting bliss to be acquired in the future life. He frequently and earnestly appeals to his brethren, exhorting them to repent, and to abandon, or at least restrict,

380-724: Was appointed rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, and married Hava, daughter of Eleazer. In 1625, he was kidnapped and imprisoned, together with 15 other Jewish rabbis and scholars, by the Pasha (Ibn Faruh) and held for ransom. After 1626, Horowitz moved to Safed , erstwhile home of Kabbalah, and later died in Tiberias on March 24, 1630 ( Nisan 11, 5390 on the Hebrew calendar ). In his many kabbalistic , homiletic and halachic works, he stressed

400-490: Was not absolutely necessary, or which he had already mentioned in another place. Like Abravanel and some other commentators, Alshich headed each section of his comments with a number of questions which he anticipated on the part of the reader; he then proceeded to give a summary of his view, and concluded with answering all the questions seriatim. His Commentaries abound in references to Talmud , Midrash and Zohar , but contain scant references to other commentaries, such as

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