Baruch 306768 221416030 2008-06-24T12:04:43Z Elpincha 121288 Relocating nonsense about the Arabic form '''Baruch''' ({{Hebrew Name|בָּרוּךְ|Baruḫ|Bārûḵ|"Blessed"}}) may refer to: * [[Baruch College]], part of the City University of New York * [[Bernard Baruch]], an American financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential adviser. * ''[[Book of Baruch]]'' or ''1 Baruch'', a deuterocanonical book, considered by Jews and most Protestants to be apocryphal * ''[[2 Baruch]]'', also called the ''Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch'' * ''[[3 Baruch]]'', also called the ''Greek Apocalypse of Baruch'' * ''[[4 Baruch]]'', also known as the ''Paraleipomena of Jeremiah'' when combined with the ''Epistle of Jeremy'' * [[Baruch ben Neriah]], aide to the prophet Jeremiah * [[Baruch (His Dark Materials)|Baruch (''His Dark Materials'')]], a fictional angel in the ''His Dark Materials'' series * [[Baruch Plan]], a proposed U.S. atomic energy plan following WWII * Also related to "''[[berakhah]]''" or ''bracha'' (Hebrew: '''ברכה'''; plural ברכות, ''berakhot''), which is a blessing. See also: ''Baraka'' and ''Barakah''. '''Baruch''' may also be used for: * Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of [[Nehemiah]]'s helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem * Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the [[Tribe of Judah]] who settled in Jerusalem * The Baruch of Baghdad, the king of the Saracens in Wolfram von Eschenbach's ''[[Parzival]]'' The root B-R-K meaning "blessing" is also present in other Semitic languages. The most common [[Arabic language|Arabic]] form is the passive form [[Mubarak]], but the form [[Barack]] is also used. ==People with the surname Baruch== {{surname|nocat}} * [[Bernard Baruch]], American financier ==People with the given name Baruch== * [[Baruch Spinoza]], Dutch rationalist philosopher * [[Baruch Blumberg]], American Nobel-prize winning physician, developed Hepatitis B vaccine * [[Baruch Goldstein]], American-Israeli physician who murdered 29 Muslim worshippers in 1994 * [[Baruch Cohen]], American artist and entrepreneur * [[Baruch Lev]], Accounting professor who is known for research on immaterial property {{disambig}} [[Category:Jewish surnames]] [[de:Baruch]] [[fr:Baruch]] [[pl:Baruch]]