- Berdichev
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a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev. 82,000.
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BERDICHEV — BERDICHEV, town in the historic region of Volhynia, now in Zhitomir district, Ukraine. Apart from two single references to individual Jews from Berdichev in 1593 and 1602, there is no evidence that a Jewish community existed in Berdichev before… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Berdichev — /beuhr dee chef, chev/; Russ. /byirdd dyee chyif/, n. a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev. 82,000 … Useful english dictionary
LEVI ISAAC BEN MEIR OF BERDICHEV — (c. 1740–1810), ḥasidic ḥaddik and rabbi; one of the most famous personalities in the third generation of the ḥasidic movement. Levi Isaac was born into a distinguished rabbinic family and his father was rabbi in Hoshakov (Galicia). After… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive — The Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive operation ( ru. Житомирско Бердичевская наступательная операция) was a part of the strategic offensive of the Red Army in the right bank (western) Ukrainian SSR. The offensive operation was conducted by the forces … Wikipedia
Levi Isaac of Berdichev — (c. 1740 1810) Polish Hasidic leader. A pupil of Dov Ber of Mezhirich, he was a rabbi in Zhelikhov, Pinsk and Berdichev. He founded Hasidism in central Poland, consolidated the movement in Lithuania, and expanded it in the Ukraine. His… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Berdychiv — The current estimated population is around 88,000 (as of 2001). HistoryIn 1430, Grand Duke of Lithuania Vitautas (великий князь литовский Витовт) granted the rights over the area to Kalinik, the procurator (наместник) of Putyvl and Zvenigorod,… … Wikipedia
ABRAMOVITSH, SHOLEM YANKEV — (Jacob, also Mendele Moykher Sforim; 1835 or 1836–1917), Hebrew and Yiddish writer, often called the grandfather of modern Judaic literature. Abramovitsh was born in Kapulia (Kopyl), near Minsk; he lived in Berdichev from 1858 to 1869 and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive — Part of The Eastern Front of World War II Soviet advances … Wikipedia
ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Берендичев — город Бердичев укр. Бердичів Флаг Герб … Википедия
