Eliezer (disambiguation)

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 Jacob I
• Eliezer ben Jacob II
• Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota

Tosafists

• Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi (1140-1225)
• Eliezer ben Yose Haglili (2nd century)
• Eliezer ben Samuel (d. 1175)
• Eliezer of Touques (13th century)

Other people named Eliezer

• Eliézer Alfonzo (b. 1979), American baseball player
• Eliezer Adler (1866-1949), English Jewish community founder
• Eliezer Avtabi (b. 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 (b. 1937), Israeli rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Cadet (b. 1897), Haitian Vodou priest
• Eliezer Cogan (1762-1855), English scholar and divine
• Eliezer Cohen (b. 1934), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, rosh yeshiva, Mir yeshiva
• Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, rosh yeshiva, Mir yeshiva
• Eliezer Kahana, 18th-century Jewish preacher
• Eliezer Melamed (b. 1961), Israeli rabbi and rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Mizrahi (b. 1945), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Moses (b. 1946), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Marom (b. 1955), Israeli Navy commander
• Eleazar of Worms (1176-1238), Talmudist
• Eliezer Palchinsky (1911-2007), rosh yeshiva
• Eliezer Papo (1785-1828), 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 (b. 1942), Israeli judge
• Eliezer Ronen (b. 1931), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Sandberg (b. 1962), Israeli politician
• Eliezer Schweid (b. 1929), Israeli scholar
• Eliezer Shkedi (b. 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 (b. 1937), Israeli rabbi and politician
• Eliezer Weishoff (b. 1938), Israeli artist
• Elie Wiesel (b. 1928), Jewish-American professor, political activist, and author
• Eliezer Williams (1754-1820), Welsh clergyman and genealogist
• Eliezer Yudkowsky (b. 1979), American decision theorist
• L. L. Zamenhof (b. 1859-1917), Polish-Jewish doctor, linguist, and creator of Esperanto
• Eliezer Zussman-Sofer (1839-1903), Hungarian rabbi

Other uses

• Eliezer is the name of the 501(c)(3) 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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