Abraham ben Reuben Trebitsch (about 1760 in
Trebitsch, Moravia – between 1800 and 1850 in
Nikolsburg) 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 was the author of "Ḳorot ha-'Ittim," a history of the European monarchs, including the
emperors of Austria, 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, as a concept, is usually defined as profoundly immoral behavior, and it is related to acts that cause unnecessary pain and suffering to others.
Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good. It can be an extremely ...
that possessed a young man (published in Hebrew and
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
, Nikolsburg, 1785;
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (, ; Central Marchian: ''Frankfort an de Oder,'' ) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel. With around 58,000 inh ...
, 1794).
References
*
Benjacob, ''Oẓar ha-Sefarim'', p. 527, No. 327;
*
Julius Fürst, ''Bibl. Jud.'' iii. 442;
*
Zedner, ''Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.'' p. 176.
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Moravian Jews
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