Mordecai Leib Bisliches (; 1786–1851) was an

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bibliophile and rabbinic scholar. Bisliches was born in

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at the end of the eighteenth century. He was married at the age of thirteen, ultimately divorced his wife, and, after the death of his children, went to

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. There he was very prosperous in business, devoting his leisure to the study and publication of

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s in the Paris Library. Later he went to

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and

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, where he collected a number of Hebrew manuscripts. Returning to his birthplace, he prepared for publication a number of works with the aid of his brother Ephraim. In 1846 Bisliches and sold 111 manuscripts in 102 volumes to the Archduchess Marie Louise of Parma, which were added to the

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Collection in the

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Publications

* * * * * '' Ḥiddushim'' on Shabbat. * * Edited with preface by Meïr Letteris. * Catalogue of eighty valuable Hebrew manuscripts in the possession of Bisliches (described by L. Zunz, with additional critical remarks by Senior Sachs).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisliches, Mordecai Leib 1786 births 1851 deaths Jews from the Austrian Empire Austrian Hebraists Book and manuscript collectors Jewish scholars