maggid
Noun
Meaning
maggid (plural maggids or maggidim)
(Judaism) A teacher of the Torah in Eastern Europe.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
” Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), “scholar and philosopher, descended on his father's side from Dov Baer (the Maggid) of Mezeritch and Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta (Opatow); on his mother's side from Levi Isaac of Berdichev.