Kimhi

Kimhi, Kimchi, Kamhe, or Kamche (Hebrew: קִמְחִי or קַמְחִי) is a Jewish surname of disputed origin.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Medieval

• Joseph ben Isaac Kimhi (1105–1170), biblical commentator and poet, father of David and Moses Kimhi
• Moses Kimhi (c. 1127 – c. 1190), biblical commentator and grammarian
• David Kimhi (1160–1235), biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian
• Isaac ben Mordecai ibn Kimhi of Salon, "Mestre Petit de Nyons" (f. 1290), Talmudist^[2]
• David ben Joseph Kimhi of Frascati (fl. 1326), author of a biblical commentary (found MS Angelica 1.2)
• Samuel ben Moses Kimhi of Sicily (fl. 1342), author of a commentary to Perek Shira
• Joseph ben Saul Kimhi, author of the Mezuqqaq Shiv'atayim (1380). This is apparently the same scholar called Joseph ben Saul of Bannieres (מובנייר) in philosophical literature.^[3]

Several medieval letters mentioning Salama ben Joseph al-Kamha^[4][5][6][7] and Abu al-Fadhl ben al-Kamha^{[8][9][10][11]} were found in the Cairo Geniza, which may be the same name.^[1]

Modern

• Solomon Kimhi (fl. 1862), Turkish rabbi
• Rafael Moshe Kamhi (1870-1970), IMRO revolutionary
• Jon Kimche (1909-1994), Swiss journalist
• Victoria Kamhi (1905-1997), Turkish pianist
• David Kimche (1928-2010), Israeli diplomat and deputy-director of Mossad
• David Kamhi (1936-2021), hazan of the Sarajevo Synagogue
• Michelle Marder Kamhi (born 1937), art critic
• Alan Kimche (born 1952), British-Israeli rabbi
• Alona Kimhi (born 1963), Israeli author and actress
• Katherine Kamhi (born 1964), American actress
• Shavit Kimchi (born 2002), Israeli tennis player

Other

• Zalman Kimhi (1904), short story by Yehuda Steinberg [he; fr]^[12]

See also

• Khimki, Russian city
• Kimchi (disambiguation)

References

1. Steinschneider, Moritz (July 1899). "An Introduction to the Arabic Literature of the Jews. I (Continued)". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 11 (4): 606. doi:10.2307/1450470. JSTOR 1450470 – via Internet Archive.
2. Landshuth, Eliezer (1857). ʻAmude ha-ʻavodah: reshimat rashe ha-payṭanim u-meʻaṭ mi-toldotehem... (in Hebrew).
3. יעקב זוסמן, “שני קונטרסים בהלכה מאת ר' משה בוטריל”, בתוך קבץ על יד, סדרה חדשה ספר ו' (טז), עמוד 273
4. "מכתב: ENA 2591.13 + ENA 2591.12". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
5. "מכתב: Moss. IV,80". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
6. "מכתב: Halper 389". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
7. "Letter: Moss. IV,80". Princeton Geniza Project. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
8. "רשימה או טבלה: ENA NS 77.?". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
9. "מכתב: T-S 13J19.9". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
10. "מכתב: T-S 10J6.4". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
11. "רשימה או טבלה: T-S Ar.6.8". Princeton Geniza Project (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
12. שטיינברג, יהודה (1904). "זלמן קמחי". אחיאסף יב (in Hebrew).