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Painting of R. Shabbethai Horowitz (1590–1660) from the Jewish museum of Prague Grave of R. Shmelke Horowitz in Nikolsburg.. As the Jewish community in Prague expanded and the Bohemian Diet enacted land rights reform in 1501, permitting increased Jewish ownership of real estate in the city, the Horowitz family opted to sell its holdings in Hořovice.
Horowitz (Hebrew: הוֹרוֹביץ, Yiddish: האָראָװיץ) is a Levitical Ashkenazi surname deriving from the Horowitz family, though it can also be a non-Jewish surname as well. The name is derived from the town of Hořovice , Bohemia .
Horowitz also gained a reputation as a miracle-worker who could accomplish the tikkun, or repair of the soul, of those who sought his assistance and guidance. During his stay in Lublin, Horowitz was opposed by a prominent mitnaged rabbi, Azriel Horowitz. [5] He established his synagogue there at Szeroka 28 in the Jewish Quarter of Lublin. [6]
The grave of Isaiah Horowitz in the Tomb of Maimonides compound, Tiberias, Israel. Isaiah or Yeshayahu ben Avraham Ha-Levi Horowitz (Hebrew: ישעיה בן אברהם הלוי הורוויץ), (c. 1555 [1] [2] – March 24, 1630), also known as the Shelah HaKaddosh (השל"ה הקדוש "the holy Shelah") after the title of his best-known work, was a prominent rabbi and mystic.
Abraham ben Shabbetai Horowitz (Hebrew: אברהם בן שבתי שעפטיל הלוי הורוויץ) was a 16th-century rabbi and author from Prague. Horowitz was a student of Moses Isserles and served as rabbi in several communities.
Horwitz is a surname, current among Ashkenazi Jews.It is derived from the Yiddish pronunciation of the name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page .
Yosef Yozel Horowitz (Hebrew: יוסף יוזל הורוביץ), also Yosef Yoizel Hurwitz, known as the Alter of Novardok (1847–December 9, 1919), was a student of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, the founder of the Musar movement.
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Veislitz, son of Rebbe Yisrael (died 1928). He was the first rebbe in Toronto. An ohel was erected over his grave. [1] [15] Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz of Pietrikov (Piotrków Trybunalski), son of Rebbe Yisrael. He married the daughter of Rebbe Meir Menachem Finkler of Pietrikov of the Radoshitz dynasty. He died in the ...