Eliezer (disambiguation)

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Eliezer (Hebrew: אליעזר‎‎, "God is my help") was the name of at least three biblical personalities.

Eliezer may also refer to:

Rabbinic sages

Tannaim

• Eliezer ben Hurcanus, Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (the surname coming from the father's Hellenized name) (Hebrew: אליעזר בן הורקנוס), a Kohen, was one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, disciple of R
• Eliezer ben Jacob I, a Tanna of the 1st century; contemporary of Eleazar b. Ḥisma and Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, and senior of Judah ben Ilai (Pes. 32a, 39b; Yalḳ., Lev. 638)
• Eliezer ben Jacob II, a Tanna of the 2nd century, quoted among R. Akiva's younger disciples who survived the fall of Bethar and the subsequent Hadrianic persecutions, including Judah b. 'Illai, R. Meïr, Simon b. Yoḥai, Eliezer b. Jose ha-Gelili (Gen
• Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota, a Jewish Tanna of the third generation of the Tannaic era

Tosafists

• Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi (1140–1225), Rabbinic scholar in Germany
• Eliezer ben Yose Haglili (2nd century), a Jewish rabbi who lived in Judea in the 2nd century
• Eliezer ben Samuel (died 1175), . An abridgment of this work was produced by Benjamin ben Abraham Anaw
• Eliezer of Touques (13th century), a French tosafist, who lived at Touques in the second half of the thirteenth century

Other people named Eliezer

• Eliézer Alfonzo (born 1979), American baseball player
• Eliezer Adler (1866–1949), English Jewish community founder
• Eliezer Avtabi (born 1938), Israeli politician
• Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi (1512–1585), Talmudist
• Eliezer ben Isaac ha-Gadol, 11th-century German rabbi
• Eliezer ben Nathan (1090–1170), Rishon
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922), Hebrew lexicographer
• Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992), rabbi
• Eliezer Berland (born 1937), Israeli rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Cadet (born 1897), Haitian Vodou priest
• Eliezer Cogan (1762–1855), English scholar and divine
• Eliezer Cohen (born 1934), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (I) (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva, Mir yeshiva
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (II), rosh yeshiva, Mir yeshiva
• Eliezer Kahana (?–?), 18th-century Jewish preacher
• Eliezer Melamed (born 1961), Israeli rabbi and rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Mizrahi (born 1945), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Moses (born 1946), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Marom (b. 1955), Israeli Navy commander
• Eleazar of Worms (1176-1238), Talmudist
• Eliezer Palchinsky (1912–2007), rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Papo (1785–1826), Bulgarian rabbi and author of Pele Yoetz
• Eliezer Peri (1902–1970), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898–1982), first Skulener Rebbe
• Eliezer Poupko (1886–1961), Russian rabbi
• Eliezer Preminger (1920–2001), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Pugh (1814–1903), Welsh philanthropist
• Eliezer Rivlin (born 1942), Israeli judge
• Eliezer Ronen (1931–2016), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Sandberg (born 1962), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Schweid (born 1929), Israeli scholar
• Eliezer Shkedi (born 1957), CEO of El Al Airlines
• Eliezer Shostak (1911–2001), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Silver (1882–1968), American rabbinic leader
• Eleazar Sukenik (1889–1953), Israeli archeologist
• Eliezer Waldenberg (1915–2006), rabbi and dayan, known as the Tzitz Eliezer
• Eliezer Waldman (born 1937), Israeli rabbi and politician
• Eliezer Weishoff (born 1938), Israeli artist
• Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Jewish-American professor, political activist, and author
• Eliezer Williams (1754–1820), Welsh clergyman and genealogist
• Eliezer Yudkowsky (born 1979), American decision theorist
• L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), Polish-Jewish doctor, linguist, and creator of Esperanto
• Eliezer Zussman-Sofer (1830–1903), Hungarian rabbi

Other uses

• Eliezer is the name of the 501(c), non-profit organization which supports the activities of the Yale student club at Yale University
• Yad Eliezer, a poverty-relief organization in Israel

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