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This is a list of Hebrew acronyms.

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Organisations

People

  • אברהם אבינו, א"א (Avraham Avinu) - "our forefather Abraham"
  • אדמו"ר הזקן, אדה"ז (Admor HaZakein) - "Our Elder Master, Teacher and Rebbe," Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first leader of Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism
  • בעל שם טוב, בעש"ט (Besht) - "Good Master of the Name," Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov
  • גאון רבינו אליהו, גר"א (Gra) - "The Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu ," also known as the Vilna Gaon. Great Talmudical scholar and Halachic decisor of Ashkenazic Jewry
  • האדון/האלהי/האשכנזי/אדוננו רבי יצחק ז"ל, האר"י/האריז"ל (HaArizal, also HaAri) - Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shlomo Luria; lit. "The Lion" (abbr.); lit. "The Master/G-dly/Ashkenazi/Our Master Rabbi Yitzchak of blessed memory" (in full). Major elucidator of Kabbalah
  • חכמינו זכרונם לברכה, חז"ל (Chazal) - "Our Sages, of blessed memory." (This term refers to Jewish sages of previous generations; see also Razal, רז"ל)
  • מורינו הרב ליואי/ליוא/ליווא, מהר"ל (Maharal) - "Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew ". A great commentator on the Torah, Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist
  • מאיר לייבוש בן יחיאל מיכל, מלבי"ם (Malbim) - " Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel ," Russian commentator on the Torah
  • צמח צדק, צ"צ ("Tzemach Tzedek") - Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch
  • רבינו הקדוש, רבה"ק (Rabeinu HaKadosh) - "Our Holy Rabbi," Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi, compiler of the Mishna
  • רבותינו זכרונם לברכה, רז"ל (Razal) - "Our Rabbis, of blessed memory." (This term refers to Jewish sages of previous generations, see also Chazal, חז"ל)
  • רבי יוסף יצחק, ריי"ץ (Rayatz) - "Rebbe Yosef Yitzchok ," sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch
  • רב חיים ויטאל, רח"ו ("Rav Chaim Vital") - kabbalist and student of the Arizal
  • ריש לקיש, ר"ל ("Reish Lakish") - an Amora of the Talmud
  • רבי משה בן מימון, רמב"ם (Rambam) - "Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon," also known as Maimonides. Compiler of the Sefer HaMitzvot and the Mishneh Torah
  • רבי משה בן נחמן, רמב"ן (Ramban) - "Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman," also known as Nahmanides. Kabbalist and commentator on the Torah
  • רבי שמואל בן מאיר, רשב"ם (Rashbam) - "Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir." Talmudist and commentator on the Tanach
  • רבי שלמה יצחקי, רש"י (Rashi) - "Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki," commentator on the Torah par excellence

Names of G-d

  • אור אין סוף, אוא"ס (Or Ein Sof)- (Kabbalah) "The Light of the Infinite One," indicating an "emanation" of the Infinite One
  • 'אלקי (Elokim) - "G-d," indicates severity, judgement and (in Kabbalah) tzimtzum
  • אין סוף, א"ס (Ein Sof) - (Kabbalah) "The One Who Has No End," the Infinite One
  • ברוך הוא, ב"ה (Baruch Hu) - "may He be blessed," usually appended to one of the Divine names
  • 'השם, ה (Hashem) - "G-d," lit. the Name
  • 'הוי (Havayeh) - (Kabbalah) "G-d," (a rearrangement of the letters indicating) the Tetragrammaton, indicating kindness, mercy and revelation
  • הקדוש ברוך הוא, הקב"ה (HaKadosh Baruch Hu) - "The Holy One, blessed be He"
  • רבונו של עולם, רבש"ע (Ribono Shel Olam) - "Master of the World"

Honorifics

  • אדוננו מורנו ורבינו, אדמו"ר (Admor) - "Our Master, Teacher and Rebbe" (for Chassidic rebbes, used alone or prepended to the name)
  • זכרונו יגן עלינו, זי"ע (Ziya) - "may his memory protect us" (appended to a name)
  • זכרונו/זכרונם לברכה, ז"ל (Zal) - "of blessed memory," lit. his memory for blessing (appended to the name)
  • זכר צדיק לברכה, זצ"ל (Zetsal) - "may the memory of a saint be for a blessing" (appended to a name)
  • זכר קדוש לברכה, זק"ל (Zekal) - "may the memory of the holy be for a blessing" (used for saintly martyrs, appended to a name)
  • כבוד קדושת, כ"ק (Kevod kedushat) - "His Honorable Holiness" (for Chassidic rebbes, prepended to Admor and then the name)
  • מורינו ורבינו הרב, מוהר"ר (Moharar) - "Our Teacher and Rebbe, the Rabbi" (for Chassidic rebbes, prepended to the name)
  • נשמתו בגנזי מרומים, נבג"מ (Nishmato BeGinzei Meromim) - "his soul is in the treasuries of Heaven" (appended to the name)
  • נשמתו עדן, נ"ע (Nishmato Eiden) - "his soul is Eden" (appended to a name)
  • עליו/עליה השלום, ע"ה (Alav/Aleha hashalom) - "peace be upon him/her" (appended to a name)
  • שיזכה לימים טובים וארוכים, שליט"א (Shlita) - "may he merit good and long life" (appended to a name)

Places

Surnames

Books

  • אגרת הקדש, אגה"ק (Igeret HaKodesh) - "Holy Letter," a volume of the Tanya. Or, a treatise by the Ramban on marriage
  • בבא בתרא, ב"ב ("Bava Batra") - a tractate of the Talmud
  • זוהר הקודש, זה"ק (Zohar HaKodesh) - "the Holy Zohar," fundamental book of Kabbalah
  • ספר מצות גדל, סמ"ג (Semag) - "The Great Book of Commandments," a codification of the 613 biblical commandments
  • ספר של בינונים, סש"ב (Sefer shel Beinonim) - another name for the Tanya, also known as Likutei Amarim, lit. "The Book of the Intermediates"
  • רעיא מהימנא, ר"מ (Ra'aya Mehemna) - a commentary on the Zohar, lit. The Faithful Servant
  • שישה סדרים, ש"ס (Shas)- the Talmud, lit. "The Six Orders " with the accompanying Gemora
  • שולחן ערוך, שו"ע (Shulchan Aruch) - the Code of Jewish Law, lit. (The Set Table)

Quotations and References

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