About Ezra Zion Melamed
Lived 1903 – 1994 (aged 90–91). Ezra Zion Melamed was an Israeli lexicographer, esperantist, rabbi and rabbinic literature scholar.
Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed (, also ע"צ מלמד, November 22, 1903 – March 9, 1994 ) was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language. He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature. He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position.
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Talmudic scholar
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Ezra Zion Melamed was born in 1903 in Shiraz.
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Ezra Zion Melamed died on 9 March 1994 in Jerusalem.
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Ezra Zion Melamed was a lexicographer, esperantist, rabbi and rabbinic literature scholar.
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Ezra Zion Melamed was Israeli.
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