Eliezer Peri
Eliezer Peri (Hebrew: אליעזר פרי), born Eliezer Wilder-Frei on 2 February 1902, died 1 December 1970, was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam between 1949 and 1955.
Biography
Born in the village of Surochów, near Jarosław, in the Kingdom of Galicia (today in Poland), Peri helped establish a Jewish High School in Lviv, and was one of its first graduates. He joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth group, becoming a member of its leadership and, in 1920, it secretary. Between 1922 and 1925 he studied law and humanities at a teachers' seminary. In 1924 he helped establish the World Federation of Hashomer Hatzair.
In 1926 he made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine. In 1929 he became a member of Haifa Workers Council. Amongst the founders of HaKibbutz HaArtzi, he also helped establish kibbutz Merhavia in 1929. In 1930 he started work as an emissary of the Histadrut trade union and Hashomer Hatzair in Europe. Between 1933 and 1949 he served on the Histadrut's council and executive committee.
Eliezer
Eliezer (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר, Modern Eli'ezer, Tiberian ʼĔlîʻézer, "Help/Court of El") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible.
Eliezer of Israel
Eliezer of Israel (Hebrew: דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר, Modern Damméseq Eliʿézer, Tiberian Damméśeq ʾĔlîʿézer) was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod. Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham's household, as mentioned in the Book of Genesis (15:2).
Other translations of Genesis describe Eliezer as Abraham's heir.
There is an interpretation in Bereshit Rabbah (43:2), cited by Rashi, that Eliezer went alone with Abraham to rescue Lot, with the reference to "his initiates" stated to be 318 in number (Lech-Lecha 14:14) being the numerical value of Eliezer's name in Hebrew, interpreted in tractate Nedarim (32a) as Abraham not wishing to rely on a miracle by taking only one individual. According to most interpretations, the unnamed "...slave, the elder of the household, who controlled all that was his" in Genesis (Chayei Sarah) 24:2 who acted as a marriage broker (shadchan; Hebrew: שַׁדְּכָן shadkhán) for Isaac was this Eliezer אליעזר זה אני
Eliezer (disambiguation)
Eliezer (Hebrew: אליעזר, "God is my help") was the name of at least three biblical personalities.
Eliezer may also refer to:
