Ephraim Urbach ( Hebrew: אפרים אלימלך אורבך) (born 1912 – 3 July 1991) was a distinguished scholar of Judaism. He is best known for his landmark works on rabbinic thought, The Sages, and for research on the Tosafot. He was a candidate to presidency in Israel in 1973, but wasn't elected. [1]
A professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Urbach was a member and president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [2]
Ephraim Elimelech Urbach was born in Włocławek, Poland, [3] to a hasidic family. He studied in Rome and Breslau, where he received rabbinic ordination in 1934. [3] He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938. [2] During World War II he served for four years as a chaplain in the British army. [3] [2] Subsequently he served as director of Ma'aleh secondary school in Jerusalem, [3] before joining the Hebrew University faculty in 1953. [4]
Urbach died on 3 July 1991 at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem after a long illness. [2] He is buried at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, near Menachem Begin.[ citation needed]
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Ephraim Urbach ( Hebrew: אפרים אלימלך אורבך) (born 1912 – 3 July 1991) was a distinguished scholar of Judaism. He is best known for his landmark works on rabbinic thought, The Sages, and for research on the Tosafot. He was a candidate to presidency in Israel in 1973, but wasn't elected. [1]
A professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Urbach was a member and president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [2]
Ephraim Elimelech Urbach was born in Włocławek, Poland, [3] to a hasidic family. He studied in Rome and Breslau, where he received rabbinic ordination in 1934. [3] He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938. [2] During World War II he served for four years as a chaplain in the British army. [3] [2] Subsequently he served as director of Ma'aleh secondary school in Jerusalem, [3] before joining the Hebrew University faculty in 1953. [4]
Urbach died on 3 July 1991 at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem after a long illness. [2] He is buried at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, near Menachem Begin.[ citation needed]
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