Sima Babovich: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
needs refs |
||
| (42 intermediate revisions by 30 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Crimean Karaite hakham (1790–1855)}} |
|||
'''Simcha Babovitch''' or '''Simcha ben Salomon''' (1790]-1855) was a [[Hakham]] of the [[Crimean Karaites]], one of the early figures in the Karaim nationalist movement. |
|||
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} |
|||
[[File:Гахам Симха Бабович.jpg|thumb|right|Sima Babovich]] |
|||
'''Sima ben Salomon Babovich''' ([[Karaim language|Karaim]]: Сима Бабович - ''Sima Babovich'', {{Lang-ru|Сима Соломонович Бабович}}; 1790–1855) was a first [[Hakham]] of the Russian [[Crimean Karaites]], one of the early figures in the [[Crimean Karaites]] movement. |
|||
Babovich used his influence with Czarist authorities to obtain an exemption for the Crimean Karaites of Russia from military service, which continued to be compulsory for Rabbinic [[Jews]] in Russia. The Karaites of [[Yevpatoria]] commemorated this event every year by an annual special prayer in his honor. |
|||
Babovich and his descendants were prominent leaders in the affairs of the Crimean Karaites. His agitation gained recognition from the Russian government of the Karaites as a separate religious community in 1837. He was a close associate of [[Avraham Firkovich]], who accompanied him on his visit to the [[Holy Land]] in 1830. It was Babovich who asked Firkovich to assemble material detailing the history, origin and customs of the Crimean Karaites, in response to a request from the [[Russia]]n government. In 1840 the Karaites were granted the status of an independent Church and giving them rights far in advance of the Jews. The Russian government made Babovich the [[Hakham]] of the Crimean Karaites. |
|||
==See |
==See also== |
||
* [[History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union]] |
|||
* [[History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union]] |
|||
==References== |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{reflist}} |
|||
{{Authority control}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babovich, Sima}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:Crimean Karaites]] |
|||
[[Category:1790 births]] |
|||
[[Category:1855 deaths]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 13:45, 3 June 2024
 |
Sima ben Salomon Babovich (Karaim: Сима Бабович - Sima Babovich, Russian: Сима Соломонович Бабович; 1790–1855) was a first Hakham of the Russian Crimean Karaites, one of the early figures in the Crimean Karaites movement.
Babovich used his influence with Czarist authorities to obtain an exemption for the Crimean Karaites of Russia from military service, which continued to be compulsory for Rabbinic Jews in Russia. The Karaites of Yevpatoria commemorated this event every year by an annual special prayer in his honor.
Babovich and his descendants were prominent leaders in the affairs of the Crimean Karaites. His agitation gained recognition from the Russian government of the Karaites as a separate religious community in 1837. He was a close associate of Avraham Firkovich, who accompanied him on his visit to the Holy Land in 1830. It was Babovich who asked Firkovich to assemble material detailing the history, origin and customs of the Crimean Karaites, in response to a request from the Russian government. In 1840 the Karaites were granted the status of an independent Church and giving them rights far in advance of the Jews. The Russian government made Babovich the Hakham of the Crimean Karaites.
