Brevda

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History

Brevda (Russian: бревда, "Truth Teller" or "Justice Deliverer"). A surname given to Jewish leaders who were Kohen (plural Kohanim) in Russia during the Middle Ages.[1][2] This surname was a modification of Pravda, the Russian word for 'Truth' and 'Justice'.[3]

Kohanim

Main article: Kohen

Kohen families are direct descendents of Aaron, the brother of Moses[4] as established through the Y-chromosomal Aaron DNA haplogroup.[4]

Kohanim occupy an elevated status in Judaism. Their priestly leadership duties date back to the year 600 BC.[5]

Brevda Family

Rabbi Shlomo Brevda was a world renowned Rabbi.[6]

Levi Brevda was part of an underground Zionist organization in Nesvizh, Belarus in the early 1900s. Brevda relocated Zionist settlers from Lyakhovichi and Minsk out of Eastern Europe to The British Mandate of Palestine, which later became Israel.[7]

Levi Brevda also made aliyah to Israel in the 1920s and elected to hebraize his name to Levi Ben Amitai.[7]

Once in Israel, Brevda founded the Degania Bet kibbutz, south of the Sea of Galilee, which still exists today.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyakhovichi/Lya099.html#Shuls
  2. ↑ A.I. Pereswetoff-Morath, A Grin without a Cat, vol. 2: Jews and Christians in Medieval Russia – Assessing the Sources (Lund Slavonic Monographs, 5), Lund 2002
  3. ↑ http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/pravda-istina-e.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.aish.com/societywork/sciencenature/the_cohanim_-_dna_connection.asp
  5. ↑ http://judaism.about.com/od/shabbatprayersblessings/f/bless_kohanim.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.virtualgeula.com/brevda/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lyakhovichi/Biographyhome.htm


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