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• KAPLAN, MORDECAI MENAHEM — (1881–1983), rabbi, philosopher, educator, activist, and founder of the reconstructionist school of thought. Kaplan was born in Svencian, Lithuania. His father, Israel Kaplan, was a talmudic scholar who immigrated to the United States in 1888,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Kaplan (surname) — Kaplan or Caplan is a family name common among Ashkenazi Jews, usually indicating descent from the priestly lineage (the kohanim) or a Turkish surname, where it means tiger . It is important to note, however, that Kaplan is not an exclusively… …   Wikipedia

• KAPLAN, ALEXANDER SENDER BEN ZERAH HA-KOHEN — (d. 1884), Lithuanian rabbi. Few biographical details are known about him. Kaplan served first as dayyan in Wilkomierz (Ukmerge), but was later appointed rabbi of Kupishki (Kupiskis) in the district of Ponevezh (Panevezys), where he served for 40 …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• KAPLAN, ELIEZER — (1891–1952), Israeli financial leader and politician, member of the First and Second Knessets. Born in Minsk in White Russia, as a child he studied in a ḥeder and later on in a Russian gymnasium. Kaplan received a diploma in construction… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN AZZAI, SIMEON — (early second century C.E.), tanna, generally referred to in talmudic literature simply as Ben Azzai. In three places in the Mishnah (Zev. 1:3, Yad. 3:5, 4:2) he is referred to by his full name: Rabbi Shimon ben Azzai (according to Parma de Rossi …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN HE HE — (c. first century), tanna. In Avot (5, end) appears a maxim in the name of Ben He He: According to the labor is the reward. The same maxim is quoted as a popular saying in the name of Hillel the Elder (ARN1 12:28; ARN2 27:28), while a similar… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN KALBA SAVU'A — (1st century C.E.), according to tradition he was a wealthy man of Jerusalem, who was renowned for his generosity. The Bavli relates that during the Roman siege of Jerusalem, he and his two wealthy friends, Nakdimon b. Guryon and Ben Ẓiẓit ha… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN BAG BAG — BEN BAG BAG, tanna, apparently of the first century C.E. His most famous dictum: Turn it and turn it (the Torah), for everything is in it, and contemplate it, and grow grey and old over it, and stir not from it, for you can have no better rule… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN-HORIN, MEIR — (1918–1988), U.S. Jewish educator. Born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Ben Horin was assistant professor of education at the Boston Hebrew Teachers College from 1951 to 1957. From 1957, he headed the department of education of Dropsie College (now …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BEN PETURA — (also Ben Peturi, Ben Peturin; early second century), tanna. He is best known for his dispute with R. Akiva: Two men are traveling in the desert; one has a pitcher containing enough water to enable one of them to reach a place of habitation. If… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism