Pepper (Jewish last name)

Pepper (in the synodal translation of Fares ^[1] , in the translation of the Russian Bible Society (2001) Parets), whom the Jewish tradition considers the founder of the clan is the son of Yehuda from Tamar . The biblical Pepper ( Hebrew פֶּרֶץ ) received his name from the verb "go ahead" ( Hebrew פַרַץ - para ) for the pressure and perseverance shown at birth .

Here is a modern translation of a passage from the weekly chapter of the Torah (where all names are read in Hebrew) read in synagogues on Hanukkah Saturday :

27. And when the time came for her birth, and behold, the twins were in her womb.
28. And during childbirth one hand stuck it out, and the midwife took it, and put a scarlet thread on his hand, saying: "This one came out earlier."
29. But he barely returned his hand, when his brother came out. And she said: “how do you break through ahead!” And they called him the name Pepper .
30. Then his brother came out, with a scarlet thread on his hand, and they called his name Zerah.

- “Vaeshev”, the weekly chapter of the Torah on the site of Mahanaim

Surname Peretz is found both among Sephardim and among Ashkenazi .

In medieval Spain , representatives of the Peretz family reached a high position, but in the 16th century after the expulsion of Jews from Spain , some fled mainly to Morocco , where they founded two towns, Tiyulit ( Hebrew טיולית ) and Dadash ( Hebrew דאדש ), Part in the Balkans , part in Safed , where Rabbi Peretz Kalbi was the head of the city community in 1496. However, the unit was forced to be baptized under the threat of the Inquisition. .

Over time, variations of the generic name arose. For example, in Hungary , the law "Systematica Gentis Judaicae Regulatio" ^[2] of March 31, 1783 invalidated Hebrew documents. The imperial decree on July 23, 1787 further clarified the requirement for a surname. In order to fulfill the requirement of the authorities to remove the Semitic word Pepper and accept the Hungarian surname, but at the same time, out of a desire to preserve his own, Pepper was changed to Perzel, which in Yiddish is a diminutive of Pepper and, at the same time, the Hungarian word language .

In the Russian Empire, the surname was distributed mainly among the Litvaks ( Kurland province , Grodno , Minsk , Zhytomyr ). Odnokorenny options: Peirets, Peretsik, Pertses, Perchik, Peppers, Perchikes and many others .

King David ^[3] belonged to the family of Peretz ( Hebrew ) (see Ru. 4: 18-22 ). Accordingly, his son, King Solomon , and all the kings of Judea came from the Pepper family. Followers of the Jewish religious movement of Chabad believe that the Messiah (Messiah - "Messiah" (משיח) ^[4] ) will be from the genus Peretz ^{[5] [6]} . The Gospels of Matthew and Luke also, through David , relate to this genus the genealogy of Jesus in both male and female lines. .

In modern Hollywood cinema, the name is associated with the stereotype of "Jewish Superman"

• Captain Pepper on the Internet Movie Database (The Last Bastion)
• Hap Perczycki is the main character in the movie “Whatever It Required” on the Internet Movie Database

In other films

• Solomon Peretz - in the movie “Ragtime” directed by Milos Forman on the Internet Movie Database
• Janos Perzel - the main character in the Soviet-Hungarian film "Hold on to the Clouds" (English) on the Internet Movie Database

In literature

• The philologist Peretz is a character in the Strugatsky brothers ' novel “A Snail on a Slope ”.
• Perchik is a character in the series of short stories by Sholom Aleichem “ Tevye the Milkman ” (and the corresponding film adaptations, theater and television shows , including the musical “Violinist on the Roof” and its film adaptation ).

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