Acher

Literally “the other one” or one who has been exiled from the Jewish community. Acher was a nickname for Elisha ben Abuya, a brilliant yet heretical Rabbi of the first century CE (see Masechet Chagiga 2:1) and the protagonist of the book “As a Driven Leaf” by Milton Steinberg.

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