About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Abraham Isaac Kook, Mnachem Risikoff, She'ar Yashuv Cohen, Sholom Schwadron, Samuel ben Hofni, Yisrael Meir Kagan, Zvi Yosef Resnick, Shlomo Aviner, Shabbatai ha-Kohen, Zadok HaKohen, Moshe Hacohen, Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin, Joshua Falk, Mordechai ben Hillel, David Cohen, Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller, Naphtali Cohen, Nachman Kahana, Nathan Adler, Shlomo HaKohen, Meir Shiff, Malachi ben Jacob, Elijah ben Solomon Abraham ha-Kohen, Alexander Suslin, Abraham ben Samuel Cohen of Lask, Nathan Nata Spira, Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers, Moses ha-Kohen de Tordesillas, Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen, Nathan ben Isaac Ha-Babli, Aaron ibn Sargado, Abraham Kalisker, Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon, Abigdor Cohen of Vienna, Abraham Judah ha-Kohen Schwartz, Reuben ben Hoshke, Yehuda ben Meir, Isaac ha-Kohen Rapoport. Excerpt: Mnachem (Mendel) HaKohen Risikoff (1866-1960), was an orthodox rabbi in Russia and the United States, and a prolific author of scholarly works, written in Hebrew. Risikoff used a highly stylized and symbolic pen-name,, made up of the Hebrew letters of his first name, the Hebrew word for Lord, and the Tetragrammaton, one of Judaism's terms for God. It is not clear whether this pen name was used in conversation, or whether it was used only in his writings. Risikoff, the son of well-known Rosh yeshiva (Talmudic Academy Dean) Rabbi Zvi Yosef Resnick, was born in Zhetel, later studying in yeshivot, academies, in Volozhin and Vilna, where he received semikhah (rabbinic ordination) at the age of 17 from a number of well-known rabbis: Yosef Shlupfer, from Slonim; Avraham DovBer HaKohen Shapira, from Riga; Shlomo HaKohen, author of Binyan Shlomo, from Vilna;, Katriel Nathan, Av Beit Din of Augustow; and Eliyahu Adran, of Grajewo; with other rabbis later adding their ordination as well. Risik...
