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The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica

Edited by: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
eISBN: 9780631187288
Print publication date: 1992

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The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica

• Image Gallery
• Preface
• Notes on the Use of the Dictionary
• Chronological Table
• Map1
• Map2
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
  • Laaz
  • Laban (fl. ?19th–16th cent. Bce)
  • Labor
  • Labor Battalion
  • Labor movement
  • Labor Zionism
  • Lachish
  • Lachish Letters
  • Lachover, Yeruham Fishel (1883–1947)
  • Ladino
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1827–1891)
  • Lag Ba-Omer
  • Laguna, Daniel Israel Lopez (1653–1723)
  • Lake Kinneret
  • Lambert, Mayer (1863–1930)
  • Lamdan
  • Lamdan, Yitzḥak (1899–1954)
  • Lamech
  • Lamed
  • Lamed, Louis
  • Lamed vav
  • Lämel, Simon von (1776–1845)
  • Lamentations [Ekhah]
  • Lamentations Rabbah [Ekhah Rabbati]
  • Lamm, Norman (b. 1927)
  • Lampronti, Isaac ben Samuel (1679–1756)
  • Lamps
  • Landau, Adolph (1842–1902)
  • Landau, Ezekiel ben Judah (1713–1793)
  • Landau, Jacob (1892–1952)
  • Landau, Judah Leo (1866–1942)
  • Landau, Zisho (1889–1937)
  • Landauer, Gustav (1870–1919)
  • Landauer, Samuel (1846–1937)
  • Landesmann, Heinrich [Lorm, Hieronymus] (1821–1902)
  • Landlords and tenants
  • Landman, Isaac (1880–1946)
  • Landrabbiner
  • Landsberg, Yitzḥak
  • Landshath, Eliezer (1817–1887)
  • Landsmannschaft
  • Landstone, Charles (1891–1978)
  • Langer, Jiří (1894–1943)
  • Languages of the Jews
  • Lanzmann, Claude (b. 1925)
  • Lara, David Cohen de (1602–1674)
  • La-Shanah ha-Baah bi-Yerushalayim
  • Lasker, Eduard (1829–1884)
  • Lasker-Schüler, Else (1869–1945)
  • Laski, Neville Jonas (1890–1969)
  • Laskov, Ḥayyim (b. 1919)
  • Lateran Council
  • Latif, Ibn
  • Latke
  • Latrun
  • Latteiner, Joseph (1853–1935)
  • Lattes, Bonet (fl. 15th–16th cent)
  • Lattes, Dante (1876–1965)
  • Lattes, Isaac ben Jacob (fl. 14th cent.)
  • Lattes, Isaac Joshua ben Immanuel (d. c. 1570)
  • Lattes, Judah ben Jacob (fl. 13th cent.)
  • Lattes, Moses (1846–1883)
  • Latzky-Berthold, Jacob Wolf (1881–1940)
  • Lauterbach, Jacob Zallel (1873–1942)
  • Lavadores (Ladino)
  • Laver
  • Lavon [Lubianiker],Pinhas (1904–1976)
  • Lavry, Marc (1903–1967)
  • Law
  • Law, codes of
  • Law, Oral
  • Law, reading of the
  • Law, Rejoicing in the
  • Law, Scroll of the
  • Law, Tablets of the
  • Laws of Noah
  • Layman
  • Layton, Irving (b. 1912)
  • Lazare, Bernard (1865–1903)
  • Lazaron, Morris Samuel (b. 1888)
  • Lazarus, Emma (1849–1887)
  • Lazarus, Moritz (1824–1903)
  • Lazarus, Sidney
  • League for Safeguarding the Fixity of the Sabbath
  • League of Nations
  • Leah (fl. ?16th cent. Bce)
  • Leaven
  • Leaven, search for
  • Lebensohn, Abraham Dov [Adam ha-Cohen] (1794–1878)
  • Lebensohn, Micah Joseph [Michal] (1828–1852)
  • Lee, Sir Sidney [Lazarus, Sidney] (1859–1926)
  • Leeser, Isaac (1806–1868)
  • Lefin, Mendel
  • Legacy
  • Legend
  • Legion, Jewish
  • Legislation
  • Le-hakhis
  • Le-havdil
  • Le-ḥayyim
  • Lehi
  • Lehman, Herbert Henry (1878–1963)
  • Lehman, Irving (1876–1945)
  • Lehmann, Behrend (1661–1730)
  • Lehmann, Marcus (1831–1890)
  • Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums
  • Lehrer, Leibush (1887–1965)
  • Leib, Mani
  • Leib, Yehudah
  • Leibowitz, Yeshayahu (b. 1903)
  • Leibzoll
  • Leivick [Leyvick], H. [Halpern, Leivick] (1886–1962)
  • Lekah Tov
  • Lekert, Hirsh (1879–1902)
  • Leket
  • Lekhah dodi
  • Lekunerananah
  • Lel Shimmurim
  • Lelyveld, Arthur (b. 1913)
  • Lemberg
  • Lemon, Hartog (c. 1750–1823)
  • Leningrad
  • Lensky, Ḥayyim (1905-?1942)
  • Leo X (1475–1521). Italian pope (1513–21)
  • Leo Baeck College
  • Leo Baeck Institute
  • Leon, Judah Messer [Judah ben Jehiel; Messer Leon] (fl. 15th cent.)
  • Leone Ebreo
  • Leon of Modena
  • Léon of Paris
  • Leon Templo, Jacob Judah Aryeh [Temple, Judah] (1603–1675)
  • Leontopolis
  • Leprosy
  • Leshon ha-ra
  • Lesser Genesis
  • Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729–1781)
  • Lessing, Theodor (1872–1933)
  • Lestschinsky, Jacob (1876–1966)
  • Letteris, Meir ha-Levi (?1800–1871)
  • Letter of Aristeas
  • Letters
  • Levanda, Lev [Leib, Yehudah] (1835–1888)
  • Levanon, Mordekhai (1901–1968)
  • Levayah
  • Leven, Narcisse (1833–1915)
  • Levertin, Oscar Ivar (1862–1906)
  • Levi (fl. ?19th–16th cent. Bce)
  • Levi, David (1742–1801)
  • Lévi, Israel (1856–1939)
  • Levi, John (b. 1934)
  • Levi, Primo (1919–1987)
  • Lévi, Sylvain (1863–1935)
  • Levias, Caspar (1860–1934)
  • Leviathan
  • Levi bar Sisi (fl. 2nd–3rd cent.)
  • Levi ben Abraham ben Ḥayyim (c. 1245-c. 1315)
  • Levi ben Gershon [Gersonides; Ralbag] (1288–1344)
  • Levi ben Japheth (fl. 10th–11th cent.)
  • Levi-Bianchini, Angelo (1887–1920)
  • Levi Isaac of Berdichev (c. 1740–1810)
  • Levin, Hanoch (b. 1943)
  • Levin [Loebel], Hirschel [Hirschel Levin; Lyon, Hart] (1721–1800)
  • Levin, Judah Leib [Yehalel] (1844–1925)
  • Levin, Mayer (1905–1981)
  • Levin [Lefin; Satanower], Mendel (1749–1826)
  • Levin [Varnhagen von Ense], Rachel (1771–1833)
  • Levin, Shemaryahu (1867–1935)
  • Levin, Yitzḥak Meir (1894–1971)
  • Levinas, Emmanuel (b. 1905)
  • Levinsohn, Isaac Ber (1788–1860)
  • Levinthal, Bernard (1865–1952)
  • Levinthal, Israel Herbert (1888–1978)
  • Levinthal, Louis (b. 1892)
  • Levirate marriage
  • Levita, Elijah [Bahur, Elijah] (1468–1549)
  • Levites
  • Levitical cities
  • Leviticus
  • Leviticus Rabbah
  • Levontin, Zalman David (1856–1940)
  • Levy, Asser (d. 1681)
  • Levy, Benjamin (c. 1650–1704)
  • Levy, Jacob (1819–1892)
  • Levy, Louis Edward (1846–1919)
  • Levy, Moritz Abraham (1817–1872)
  • Levy, Reuben (1891–1966)
  • Lewandowski, Louis (1821–1894)
  • Lewin, Benjamin Manasseh (1879–1944)
  • Lewin, Judah Leib (1894–1971)
  • Lewinski, Elhanan Löb (1857–1910)
  • Lewis, Bernard (b. 1916)
  • Lewisohn, Ludwig (1883–1955)
  • Lewy, Israel (1841–1917)
  • Lexicography
  • Leyvick, H
  • Libation
  • Liberal Judaism
  • Liberal Party
  • Liberal Workers Movement
  • Liberman, Serge (b. 1942)
  • Libin, Solomon (1872–1955)
  • Libraries
  • Lichtenstein, Hillel (1815–1891)
  • Lichtenstein, Morris (1889–1938)
  • Lidzbarski, Mark (1868–1928)
  • Lieberman, Saul (1898–1983)
  • Liebermann, Aaron Samuel (1845–1880)
  • Liebermann, Max (1847–1935)
  • Liebman, Joshua Loth (1907–1948)
  • Liebmann, Jost (c. 1640–1702)
  • Lieme, Nehemiah de (1882–1940)
  • Liessin, Abraham (1872–1938)
  • Life
  • Lifschitz, Joshua Mordecai (1829–1878)
  • Lifschitz, Malkah
  • Lifshitz, Nehama (b. 1927)
  • Light
  • Lights, Feast of
  • Lights, kindling of
  • Likkute Amarim
  • Likkud
  • Lilien, Ephraim Moses (1874–1925)
  • Lilienblum, Moses Leib (1843–1910)
  • Lilienthal, Max (1813–1882)
  • Lilith
  • Lincoln
  • Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865)
  • Lind, Jacob (b. 1927)
  • Linetzki, Isaac Joel (1839–1935)
  • Lion of Wrath
  • Lipchitz, Jacques (1891–1973)
  • Lipkin, Israel
  • Lipmann, Yomtov ben Solomon
  • Lippe, Karpel (1830–1915)
  • Lipschütz, Israel ben Gedaliah (1782–1860)
  • Lipschütz, Jacob (1838–1922)
  • Lipsky, Louis (1870–1963)
  • Lipton, Seymour (b. 1903)
  • Liptzin, Solomon (b. 1901)
  • Lisbon
  • Lisitzky, Ephraim E. (1885–1962)
  • Literature
  • Liturgy
  • Litvak
  • Litvakov, Moses (1875-?1938)
  • Litvinoff, Emanuel (b. 1915)
  • Litvinovsky, Pinhas (b. 1894)
  • Liubavich
  • Lloyd George, David (1863–1945)
  • Loans
  • Loans [Loanz], Elijah ben Moses [Elijah Baal Shem] (1564–1636)
  • Loanz, Yoseph ben Gershom
  • Loch in kop
  • Locker, Berl (1887–1972)
  • Lod
  • Łódź
  • Loeb, Isidore (1839–1892)
  • Loeb, Sarahs
  • Loebel, Hirschel
  • Loeb of Spola
  • Loewe, Heinrich (1867–1950)
  • Loewe, Herbert Martin James (1882–1940)
  • Loewe, Joel ben Judah Loeb [Brill, Joel ben Judah Loeb] (1762–1802)
  • Loewe, Louis (1809–1888)
  • Loewisohn, Solomon (1788–1821)
  • Logos
  • Lohame Herut Yisrael
  • London
  • London, Meyer (1871–1926)
  • Lonzano, Menahem di (1550-before 1624)
  • Lookstein, Joseph Hyman (1902–1979)
  • Lopez, Aaron (1731–1782)
  • Lopez, Roderigo (1525–1594)
  • Lorca, Joshua de
  • Lord of hosts
  • Lorki [de Lorca], Joshua [Geronimo de Sante Fé] (dc. 1419)
  • Lorm, Hieronymus
  • Lost property
  • Lost Tribes of Israel
  • Lot (fl. ?19th–16th cent. Bce)
  • Lothar, Ernst (1890–1974)
  • Lots
  • Louis Lamed Literary Foundation
  • Louvish, Simon (b. 1947)
  • Love
  • Löw, Eleazar (1758–1837)
  • Löw, Immanuel (1854–1944)
  • Löw, Leopold (1811–1875)
  • Lowdermilk, Walter Clay (1888–1974)
  • Löwenberg, Jacob (1856–1929)
  • Lowenthal, Marvin (1890–1969)
  • Lox
  • Lozowick, Louis (1892–1973)
  • Luah
  • Luah Ahiasaph
  • Luah Eretz Israel
  • Lubianiker, Pinhas
  • Lublin
  • Lublin, Meir ben Gedaliah of [Maharam Lublin] (1558–1616)
  • Lublin, Rabbi of
  • Lublinski, Samuel (1868–1910)
  • Lucena
  • Ludomir, Maid of
  • Lueger, Karl (1844–1910)
  • Luftmensch (German)
  • Lukács, György (1885–1971)
  • Lukuas [Andreas] (fl. 1st cent. Bce-1st cent. ce)
  • Lulav
  • Lunchitz, Solomon Ephraim (d. 1619)
  • Luncz, Abraham Moses (1854–1918)
  • Lunel, Armand (1892–1977)
  • Luria, Isaac ben Solomon [Ari; Ashkenazi] (1534–72)
  • Luria, Solomon ben Jehiel [Maharshal] (?1510–1574)
  • Lusitano, Salusque
  • Luther, Martin (1483–1546)
  • Luz
  • Luz, Kadish (1895–1972)
  • Luzki, Joseph Solomon ben Moses (d. 1844)
  • Luzki, Simhah Isaac ben Moses (d. 1766)
  • Luzzatti, Luigi (1841–1927)
  • Luzzatto, Moses Ḥayyim [Ramhal] (1707–1746)
  • Luzzatto, Samuel David [Shadal] (1800–1865)
  • Luzzatto, Simone (1583–1663)
  • Lvov [Lwów, Lemberg]
  • Lvovich, David (1882–1950)
  • Lwów
  • Lydda
  • Lying
  • Lyon, Hart
  • Lyons
  • Lyra, Nicholas de (c. 1270–1349)
  • Lysias (d. 162 bce)
  • Lysimachus (fl. 1st cent. bce)
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