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Nechama Leibowitz

Nechama Leibowitz (Hebrew: נחמה ליבוביץ׳; September 3, – April 12, ) was Israel Prize laureate and Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study.[1]

Biography

Nechama Leibowitz was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Riga two years after her elder brother, the philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz.

Biography channel caddyshack Nechama Leibowitz Nechama Leibowitz, the noted Biblical scholar, teacher and commentator, was born in Riga, Latvia and passed away in Jerusalem, Israel in Leibowitz studied in the Universities of Berlin and Marboug. After receiving her doctorate, she made aliyah and taught for many years at the Mizrachi Women Teachers Seminary, Tel Aviv University and other schools, including Hesder yeshivot. In addition, she lectured widely and was one of the regular Bible commentators on Israeli radio.

The family moved to Berlin in In , Leibowitz received a doctorate from the University of Marburg for her thesis, Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations.[2] She was advised by philologist Karl Helm.[3] That same year , she immigrated to Mandate Palestine with her husband Yedidya Lipman Lebowitz.[4] She taught at a religious Zionist teachers' seminar for the next twenty-five years.

In she began lecturing at Tel Aviv University, and became a full professor eleven years later. She also gave classes at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other educational institutions around the country. In addition to her writings, Leibowitz commented on the Torah readings regularly for the Voice of Israel radio station.[5]

Her husband, Yedidya Lipman Leibowitz, was also her uncle.[6] At her funeral, her nephew said that he is like a son to her and many of her students said kaddish for her together with her nephew.[7] She is seen as a great religious role model for young religious children in Israel, and the Ne'emanei Torah Va'Avodah organization has encouraged the public school system in Israel to incorporate her into the selection of biographies that are studied by Israeli children in primary schools.[8]

Study sheets

In , Leibowitz began mailing out stencils of questions on the weekly Torah reading to anyone who requested them.

Nechama leibowitz biography channel Nechama Leibowitz was a noted biblical scholar, teacher, and radio commentator in Israel. She was a professor at Tel Aviv University and wrote many books on Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people. She was best known for her weekly lessons on the Torah the first five books of the Bible and for her efforts to educate Jews about their religion. She created gilyonot , or study pages, with information about the faith that were printed and mailed to thousands of students of Judaism around the world. In she was awarded the Israel Prize for Education and is recognized as one of the leading Torah teachers of the twentieth century.

These worksheets, which she called gilyonot (pages), were sent back to her, and she personally reviewed them and returned them with corrections and comments.[9] In , Leibowitz began publishing her "Studies", which included many of the questions that appeared on her study sheets, along with selected traditional commentaries and her own notes on them.

Over time, these studies were collected into five books, one for each book of the Torah.[10] These books were subsequently translated into English by Rabbi Aryeh (Laibel/Leonard) Newman.

Teaching style

When asked to describe her methods she replied, "I have no derech I only teach what the commentaries say.

Nothing is my own."[11] She was noted for her modest demeanor coupled with wry wit, and always preferred the title of "teacher" over the more formal "professor".

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Nechama Leibowitz, born in Latvia in , was a passionate educator, Zionist, and scholar. After immigrating to Israel in , Leibowitz vigorously taught students in and outside of the classroom, eventually winning the prestigious Israel Prize in the Field of Education in Through her teaching, Leibowitz brought numerous people, including non-Jews, to a new conception of Torah study. In the family moved to Berlin, where Leibowitz taught, wrote articles and studied for her doctorate. She married her uncle, Lipman Leibowitz, who was many years her senior, and on the day she finished her doctorate they fulfilled their dream and moved to Israel c.

In accordance with her request, "מורה" (morah, "teacher") is the only word inscribed on her tombstone, other than her name and dates.[12] She was strict on marking mistakes in Hebrew test papers, and hated the code-switching "Heblish" of some anglophone immigrants.[13]

Awards and recognition

Published works

  • ʻIyunim be-Sefer Bereshit&#;: be-ʻiḳvot parshanenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim, ; English: Studies in Bereshit (Genesis) in the context of ancient and modern Jewish Bible commentary,
  • ʻIyunim be-Sefer Shemot: be-ʻiḳvot parshanenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim, ; Eng.

    Studies in Shemot (Exodus),

  • ʻIyunim be-Sefer Vayikra: be-ʻiḳvot parshanenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim, ; Eng. Studies in Vayikra (Leviticus),
  • ʻIyunim be-Sefer BaMidbar: be-ʻiḳvot parshanenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim, ; Eng. Studies in Bamidbar (Numbers),
  • ʻIyunim be-Sefer Devarim: be-ʻiḳvot parshanenu ha-rishonim ṿeha-aḥaronim, ; Eng.

    Studies in Devarim (Deuteronomy),

  • Torah insights,
  • Studies on the Haggadah from the teachings of Nechama Leibowitz,

See also

References

  1. ^Abiding Challenges: Research Perspectives on Jewish Education
  2. ^"DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek".

    Archived from the original on Retrieved

  3. ^Plietzsch, Susanne (May ). 'I only teach what the commentaries say, nothing is my own.' Nechama Leibowitz Weg von Marburg nach Jerusalem. Chilufim. Zeitschrift für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
  4. ^"Leibowitz, Nechama".

    Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 28 June

  5. ^Nechama Leibowitz
  6. ^A revolution of the old, Shoshana Kordova[permanent dead link&#;], Haaretz[permanent dead link&#;]
  7. ^"Leibowitz, Nechama".

    Nechama leibowitz biography channel 7 Nechama Leibowitz sister of Yeshayahu was born on September 3, , in Riga , educated in Berlin , and moved to Eretz Yisrael in Leibowitz was a frequent radio commentator on the Israel Broadcasting System, and she was awarded the Israel Prize for Education in She died in Jerusalem in Her approach to the Bible was an active one, and through her thought-provoking questions, she demanded that her students adopt a similar active role towards the text. Her interpretations reflect her vast knowledge of traditional and modern Biblical commentaries, and display a sensitivity to the religious, literary, and psychological meanings of the text.

    Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 28 June

  8. ^Kadari-Ovadia, Shira. "In Israeli State Funded Religious schools There are still no outstanding women". . Retrieved 1 July
  9. ^[1][permanent dead link&#;] A revolution of the old, Shoshana Kordova, Haaretz
  10. ^See Newman's Introduction in his translation of the Bereshit volume.
  11. ^Bonchek, , p
  12. ^"Reviews of Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar".

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  14. Nechama leibowitz biography channel youtube
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    16. Archived from the original on April 19, Retrieved

  16. ^Unterman p Heblish
  17. ^"Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in (in Hebrew)".
  18. ^"List of Bialik Prize recipients (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on

Further reading

  • Leah Abramowitz, Tales of Nehama: Impressions of the Life and Teaching of Nehama Leibowitz.

    Gefen Publishing House, ISBN&#;

  • Shmuel Peerless, To Study and to Teach: The Methodology of Nechama Leibowitz. Urim Publications, ISBN&#;
  • Yael Unterman, "Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar." Urim Publications, ISBN&#;
  • Hayuta Deutsch, Nehama: The Life of Nehama Leibowitz Yedioth Ahronoth and Chemed Books,

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