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Mordechai ben Hillel HaKohen ( Hebrew: "המָּרְדֳּכַי" ,רבי מרדכי בן הלל הכהן; c. 1250–1298), also known as The Mordechai or, by some Sephardic scholars, as The Mordechie, was a 13th-century German rabbi and posek. His chief legal commentary on the Talmud, referred to as The Mordechai, is one of the sources of the ...
Mordechai Werdyger (born April 16, 1951) is an American Israeli Chasidic Jewish singer and songwriter who is popular in the Orthodox Jewish community. He is the son of cantor David Werdyger and uses the stage name Mordechai Ben David ( Hebrew: מרדכי בן דוד, romanized : Mordocháy Ben-Davíd, lit. 'Mordechai, son of David') or its ...
Rishonim (Hebrew: [ʁiʃoˈnim]; Hebrew: ראשונים, lit. 'the first ones'; sing. ראשון, Rishon) were the leading rabbis and poskim who lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (שׁוּלחָן עָרוּך, "Set Table", a common printed code of Jewish law, 1563 CE) and following the Geonim (589–1038 CE).
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Benzion Hakohen " Benny " Friedman ( Hebrew: בנציון הכהן פרידמן; born 1984) [ 1] is an American Hasidic Jewish singer and a non- pulpit rabbi. Professionally trained in voice, he rose to prominence on the Orthodox pop scene with his first album in 2009. Singing mainly in Hebrew, Friedman tours extensively and also appears in ...
An early influence on Orthodox pop was the 1971 album Or Chodosh, the debut of an eponymous group created by Sh'or Yoshuv roommates Rabbi Shmuel Brazil, who would later create the group Regesh, and Yossi Toiv, later known as Country Yossi; the group performed at Brooklyn College with David Werdyger's son, the young Mordechai Ben David, opening for them.
Posthumously awarded prize, three years after his death. First recipient of the prize for Jewish studies. Haim Hazaz. Literature. One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature. Ya'akov Cohen. Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature. Dina Feitelson-Schur.
Yeshiva Boys Choir. The Yeshiva Boys Choir also known as (YBC) is a contemporary Jewish religious music boys choir. The choir is conducted by Yossi Newman, and their songs are composed, arranged and produced by Eli Gerstner. There are more than 50 children in the group. There were identical twins who sung in the group at one point, as well as a ...