JACOB BEN ABRAHAM SOLOMON
- JACOB BEN ABRAHAM SOLOMON
- JACOB BEN ABRAHAM SOLOMON (late 16th and early
17th century), Bohemian rabbi and preacher. Jacob was
probably born in Poland but was active mainly in Prague. He was an
acknowledged authority on the Talmud and was called Shinena
("the sharpminded") by his contemporaries. He wrote: (1) Ma'aneh
Lashon, a collection of prayers and petitions mainly for mourners
(first published anonymously in Prague, c. 1615; 2nd ed.
Cracow, 1668; 3rd ed. Prague, 1678). A shortened form of the
work accompanied by a Judeo-German translation appeared in Frankfurt in
1688. The complete text with additions, together with full translations
into Judeo-German and German by Eliezer Lieberman b. Judah Loeb,
appeared in Amsterdam in 1677 and was frequently reprinted (cf.
Friedberg, in bibl.); (2) Derush Na'eh, consisting of
homiletical sermons on a number of the weekly portions, as well as
halakhic novellae to Mo'ed Katan (Prague, 1603). In addition,
his decisions on questions on the
laws of mourning were quoted by Moses Jekuthiel b. Avigdor Kaufmann
Kohen in his Ḥukkei Da'at, printed as an addendum to
Yismaḥ Yisrael (Berlin, 1699–1700) by Israel Samuel b.
Solomon Rofe. Wolf and Zunz identify Jacob with the Prague
dayyan Jacob b. Abraham who died there in 1562, while
Steinschneider identifies him with Jacob b. Abraham, publisher of
Pirkei Eliyahu (Prague, 1600). The latter appears to be more
probable, as Ma'aneh Lashon is hardly likely to have been
published anonymously around 1610 if its author had already died in
1562. Jacob's authorship of this work is acknowledged in the Leḥem
ha-Panim (cf. Zunz, in bibl.).
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
O. Muneles, Bibliographical Survey of Jewish Prague (1952),
nos. 58, 97; Wininger, Biog, 3 (1928), 253; Friedberg, Eked, 2
(19512), 646 no. 2859; Davidson, Oẓar, 2 (1929), 457 no.
4306; Zunz, Gesch, 291 no. 298 no. 225.
(Elias Katz)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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