Eliezer Dob Liebermann

Eliezer Dob Liebermann (12 April 1820 - 15 April 1895) was a Russian Hebrew-language writer of Jewish origin.

Life[]

He was born in in the region of Suwałki. His father was a shohet, a kosher butcher, and gave him a normal Jewish education. At the age of twelve he was sent to his uncle R. ("Reb Elinke Lider"), then the rabbi of , who instructed him in Talmud and rabbinical literature. In 1838 he went to Vilna and joined the Maskilim. In about 1844 he settled as a teacher in Białystok. 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");
• Sokolow, Sefer Zikkaron, pp. 57-58, Warsaw, 1890;
• William Zeitlin, Bibl. Hebr. Post-Mendels. p. 211.H. R. P. Wi.

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