Abraham ben Reuben Trebitsch (about 1760 in
Trebitsch, Moravia – between 1800 and 1850 in
Nikolsburg
Mikulov (; german: Nikolsburg; yi, ניקאלשבורג, ''Nikolshburg'') is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Mikulov is well preserved and i ...
) was an Austrian Jewish scholar.
He attended the yeshibah of
Löb Fischels at Prague in 1775 ("Ḳorot ha-'Ittim," p. 24a), and then settled in Nikolsburg, where he became secretary to the
Landesrabbiner
(; he, רב מדינה, Rav Medinah) are spiritual heads of the Jewish communities of a country, province, or district, particularly in Germany and Austria. The office is a result of the legal condition of the Jews in medieval times when the J ...
.
He was the author of "Ḳorot ha-'Ittim," a history of the European monarchs, including the
emperors of Austria
The Emperor of Austria (german: Kaiser von Österreich) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A hereditary imperial title and office proclaimed in 1804 by Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, a member of the Hou ...
, from 1741 to 1801 (part i., Brünn, 1801; with additions, under the title "Ḳorot Nosafot," up to the year 1830, by
Jacob Bodek, Lemberg, 1841). It deals especially with the history and literature of the Jews in the Austrian states. Trebitsch's work is a continuation of
Menahem Mann ben Solomon ha-Levi's "She'erit Yisrael," which traces the history down to the year 1740.
[Jew. Encyc. i. 490, s.v. Amelander]
Trebitsch, with
Hirsch Menaḳḳer, was the author of "Ruaḥ Ḥayyim," a story of the
exorcising of an
evil spirit
Evil, in a general sense, is defined as the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness and against common good. It is generally ...
that possessed a young man (published in Hebrew and
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
, Nikolsburg, 1785;
Frankfurt (Oder), 1794).
References
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Benjacob
Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob (January 10, 1801, Ramygala – July 2, 1863, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish Maskil, best known as a bibliographer, author, and publisher. His 17-volume Hebrew Bible included Rashi, Mendelssohn, as well as his own ''M ...
, ''Oẓar ha-Sefarim'', p. 527, No. 327;
*
Julius Fürst
Julius Fürst (; 12 May 1805, Żerków, South Prussia – 9 February 1873, Leipzig), born Joseph Alsari, was a Jewish German orientalist and the son of noted maggid, teacher, and Hebrew grammarian Jacob Alsari. Fürst was a distinguished scho ...
, ''Bibl. Jud.'' iii. 442;
*
Zedner, ''Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.'' p. 176.
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Moravian Jews
People from Třebíč
1760 births
19th-century deaths
Year of death missing