Isaac ben Eliezer (Hebrew: יצחק בן אליעזר) was a German rabbi who lived in Worms from 1460 to 1480.[1]

Rabbi
Isaac ben Eliezer
יצחק בן אליעזר
Personal
ReligionJudaism
Parent
  • Eliezer (father)
ResidenceWorms, Germany

He attended the lectures of Moses ben Eliezer ha-Darshan (Leopold Zunz, "Zur Geschichte und Literatur" p. 105), whom he praised in high terms.[1]

Sefer HaGan

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Isaac wrote in German an ethical and ascetic treatise under the title "Sefer HaGan"[2] (Kraków, about 1580). It is divided into seven parts, one for each day of the week. Translated into Hebrew by Moses Saertels, it was subsequently printed, together with Johanan Luria's "Sefer ha-Derakah," in Prague (1597, 1612) and Amsterdam (1663, 1713). The Hebrew translation has been twice rendered into German ("Das Hochgelobte Sefer ha-Gan," Hanau, about 1620; "Das Ist der Teutsch Sefer ha-Gan," Fürth, 1692).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainIsidore Singer and Max Schloessinger (1901–1906). "ISAAC BEN ELIEZER". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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  2. ^ Trachtenberg, Joshua (2004) [Originally published 1939]. "HEBREW SOURCES, PRINTED". Jewish Magic and Superstition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780812218626. Retrieved May 11, 2023.