- Eliezer Dob Liebermann
Eliezer Dob Liebermann (
April 12 ,1820 -April 15 ,1895 ) was a Russian Hebrew-language writer ofJewish origin.Life
He was born in
Pilvischok in the region ofSuwałki . His father was ashohet , a kosher butcher, and gave him a normal Jewish education. At the age of twelve he was sent to his uncle R.Elijah Schick ("Reb Elinke Lider"), then the rabbi ofAmstibove , who instructed him inTalmud and rabbinical literature. In 1838 he went toVilna and joined theMaskilim . In about 1844 he settled as a teacher inBiałystok . In 1867 he left to Suwałki, remained there about twenty years, and then returned to Białystok.Works
Liebermann was the author of "Megillat Sefer", a collection of short stories, essays, fables, and letters, and of "Zedek u-Mishpat", a Hebrew adaptation of
S. D. Luzzatto 's "Lezioni di Teologia Morale Israelitica". He wrote also "Ge Hizzayon", and a number of articles which he published in various Hebrew periodicals.References
*
Ahiasaf , vol. iii. (necrologies, in which he is erroneously called "Jacob");
*Sokolov , Sefer Zikkaron, pp. 57-58, Warsaw, 1890;
*William Zeitlin , Bibl. Hebr. Post-Mendels. p. 211.H. R. P. Wi.
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