HOROWITZ, MOSES BEN JUDAH
- HOROWITZ, MOSES BEN JUDAH
- HOROWITZ, MOSES BEN JUDAH (early 19th century),
rabbi and preacher. Born in Kharkov, he was elected av bet
din in Valachosk in
1813. He wrote a homiletic work, Emek ha-Sidim (Kriz, 1819),
containing the sermons he preached on special Sabbaths between the
years 1813–18, revealing a knowledge of the siddur of
isaac luria . His grandfather, Nathan, who was av bet
din in Berdichev, wrote an important book which Moses
published as an appendix to his own work. In his book Horowitz
states that he also wrote Emek ha-Melekh, a commentary
on Esther, Emek Shaveh, Emek Ḥevron, Emek Refa'im, and
Emek Yehoshafat, all of which deal with halakhic
problems.
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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