Joachim Pollak

Joachim (Hayyim Joseph) Pollak (1798–December 16, 1879) was an Austrian rabbi, born in Hungary, who officiated at Trebitsch, Moravia from 1828 until his death. He wrote a commentary, entitled "Meḳor Ḥayyim" (Presburg, 1849; 3d ed. Warsaw, 1885), on R. Isaac Arama's philosophical work "Aḳedat Yiẓḥaḳ," and a biography of the same scholar. Pollak was also the author of a number of Hebrew songs in the annual "Bikkure ha-'Ittim," and of a scholarly essay on the Talmudic rules of the יש אם למקרא in Stern's "Kebuẓat Ḥakamim," besides being a regular contributor to many Hebrew periodicals. He died at Trebitsch, Moravia.

Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

*Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 366;
*Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii. 111;
*Neuzeit, 1879, pp. 402-412;
*Ha-Maggid, 1880, p. 21;
*Zeitlin, Ḳiryat Sefer, ii. 277

References

*JewishEncyclopedia