Zalman (name)
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Zalman is a male first name, a variant of Solomon
that is also pronounced Salamon.
The name was common among East European Jews
, and it still has usage in many Haredi
and especially Hasidic
communities all over the world. Some of the founders of modern Israel bore this name, including Zalman Shazar
, third President of Israel
. In present-day modern secular circles in Israel the name is not common, being identified as "a diaspora
name".
In English-speaking countries, the name is sometimes abbreviated to "zal
", which is not attested in Israel.
"Zalman" is ethimologically unrelated to "Zalmai" or "Zalmay", an Afghan
name.
People named "Zalman" include:
The compound "Shneur Zalman" is common among people of Hasidic Chabad
affiliation, derived from their founder Shneur Zalman of Liadi
.
Solomon
Solomon , according to the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles, a King of Israel and according to the Talmud one of the 48 prophets, is identified as the son of David, also called Jedidiah in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before...
that is also pronounced Salamon.
The name was common among East European Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
, and it still has usage in many Haredi
Haredi Judaism
Haredi or Charedi/Chareidi Judaism is the most conservative form of Orthodox Judaism, often referred to as ultra-Orthodox. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi ....
and especially Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
communities all over the world. Some of the founders of modern Israel bore this name, including Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...
, third President of Israel
President of Israel
The President of the State of Israel is the head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical ceremonial figurehead role, with the real executive power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister. The current president is Shimon Peres who took office on 15 July 2007...
. In present-day modern secular circles in Israel the name is not common, being identified as "a diaspora
Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora is the English term used to describe the Galut גלות , or 'exile', of the Jews from the region of the Kingdom of Judah and Roman Iudaea and later emigration from wider Eretz Israel....
name".
In English-speaking countries, the name is sometimes abbreviated to "zal
Zal
Zāl , also transliterated Zaal, is a legendary Persian warrior from the old Persian "The Book of Kings/ The king of books" or Shahnameh.-Background:...
", which is not attested in Israel.
"Zalman" is ethimologically unrelated to "Zalmai" or "Zalmay", an Afghan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
name.
People named "Zalman" include:
- Zalman AranZalman Aran-Biography:Aran was born Zalman Aharonowitz in 1899 in Yuzovka in the Russian Empire , and received a religious education in a heder. He later studied agriculture in Kharkov. In his youth, he was active in Tze'irei Zion, and in 1917 became a member of the "Self-Defense Organization Committee" of...
, Zionist activist, educator and IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician (also Zalman Aranne) - Zalman GrinbergZalman GrinbergZalman Grinberg was a medical doctor who served as the chairman for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American sector of Germany and Austria after World War II....
, Lithuanian/Isareli/American doctor, Holocaust survivor - Zalman KingZalman KingZalman King is an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His directing and writing productions are known for incorporating erotica as a centerpiece to plots which are nevertheless about greater issues.-Acting:As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
, American film director, writer, actor and producer- Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries, TV series by the above
- Zalman KornblitZalman KornblitZalman Kornblit was a Jewish playwright, active in Yiddish theater in Romania in the early 20th century. His works included Eternal Diaspora and translations of Karl Gutzkow's Uriel Acosta and Friedrich Schiller's Thieves.-References:...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n Jewish playwright - Zalman Teitelbaum, one of two Grand Rebbes of the SatmarSatmar (Hasidic dynasty)Satmar is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary...
HasidimHasidic JudaismHasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
(full name Zalman Leib Teitelbaum or Zalman Leib Yekusiel Yehudah TeitelbaumZalman Leib Yekusiel Yehudah TeitelbaumRabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the late Rebbe of the Satmar Hasidim. He is the son-in-law of the previous Bistritzer Rebbe of Brooklyn...
) - Zalman Melamed, Israeli settler Rabbi (full name Zalman Baruch MelamedZalman Baruch MelamedRabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed is the rosh yeshiva of the Beit El yeshiva in Beit El, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.On halachic grounds, he opposes the idea of either Jews or gentiles going on the Temple Mount.-Background:...
) - Zalman Moishe HaYitzchakiZalman Moishe HaYitzchakiShneur Zalman Moishe HaYitzchoki, usually known familiarly as Reb Zalman Moishe, , was an Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi in pre-war Europe, and towards the end of his life, in the Land of Israel. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia and shochet...
, Chabad-LubavitchChabad-LubavitchChabad-Lubavitch is a Chasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism. One of the world's larger and best-known Chasidic movements, its official headquarters is in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York...
RabbiRabbiIn Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
(known familiarly as "RebRebReb is a Yiddish honorific traditionally used for Orthodox Jewish men. It is not a rabbinic title; it is the equivalent of the English "mister"...
Zalman Moishe") - Zalman Nechemia GoldbergZalman Nechemia GoldbergRabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg is a rabbi, posek, and Rosh Yeshiva in Israel. The scion of a Lithuanian Jewish family, Rabbi Goldberg is also a son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach....
, Israeli Rabbi - Zalman Schachter, Polish-born American Rabbi (full name Zalman Schachter-ShalomiZalman Schachter-ShalomiRabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi and commonly called "Reb Zalman" is considered one of the major founders of the Jewish Renewal movement.-Early life:...
) - Zalman Schocken, German Jeweish, (later Israeli) publisher
- Zalman Serebryanski, Chabad-LubavitchChabad-LubavitchChabad-Lubavitch is a Chasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism. One of the world's larger and best-known Chasidic movements, its official headquarters is in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York...
HasidicHasidic JudaismHasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
Rabbi, known as "Rebbe Rayatz" - Zalman ShazarZalman ShazarZalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...
, President of Israel- Zalman Shazar Junior High SchoolZalman Shazar Junior High SchoolThe Zalman Shazar Junior High School is an Israeli school named after the third president of Israel, Zalman Shazar. It is located in Kfar Saba's Degania neighborhood in close proximity to other junior high and high schools such as Alon and Sharret....
, named for the above
- Zalman Shazar Junior High School
- Zalman ShmotkinZalman ShmotkinRabbi Zalman Shmotkin is a spokesman for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, director of its website, Chabad.org, and its Media Center.-External links:* -References:...
, spokesman for the Chabad-LubavitchChabad-LubavitchChabad-Lubavitch is a Chasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism. One of the world's larger and best-known Chasidic movements, its official headquarters is in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York...
movement - Zalman ShovalZalman ShovalZalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat.He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990-1993 and 1998–2000, and an active member of the Knesset in the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, the Statal List, and the Likud party.-Biography:...
, Isralei politician and diplomat - Zalman ShragaiZalman ShragaiShlomo Zalman Shragai was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem's first elected mayor.Shragai was born into an Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zionist movement and settled in Palestine in 1924, already playing an important political role...
, Mayor of Jerusalem - Zalman SorotzkinZalman SorotzkinZalman Sorotzkin was a famous Orthodox rabbi. He is also known as the "Lutzker Rav", as he served as the Rabbi of Lutsk, Poland....
, East European (later Israeli) Rabbi - Zalman UsiskinZalman UsiskinZalman Usiskin is an educator best known as the Director of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project.A faculty member since 1969, he also has taught junior and senior high-school mathematics and has authored and co-authored many textbooks, including a six-volume series used as part of...
, American mathematician - Zalman Yanovsky, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock musician (also Zal YanovskyZal YanovskyZalman "Zal" Yanovsky was a Canadian rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964...
) - Zalmanov, patronimic Family name derived from "Zalman"
- Alexander ZalmanovAlexander ZalmanovAbraham Zalmanov , He was born in Gomel, Russian Empire , to a Jewish family. He invented a method of capillaries restoration with special Turpentine bath tonic which includes organic turpentine...
- Alexander Zalmanov
The compound "Shneur Zalman" is common among people of Hasidic Chabad
Chabad
Chabad or Chabad-Lubavitch is a major branch of Hasidic Judaism.Chabad may also refer to:*Chabad-Strashelye, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism*Chabad-Kapust or Kapust, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism...
affiliation, derived from their founder Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi , also known as the Baal HaTanya, , was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia...
.