Bakst, Isaac Moses

Lecturer at the Jewish Rabbinical College of Jitomir; died there June 18, 1882; the father of Nicolai Bakst. He wrote "Sefer ha-Ḥinnuḥ," Jitomir, 1868—a Hebrew method for beginners, adapted for Jewish Russian schools. For many years he owned a Hebrew printing-office in Jitomir.

Bibliography:

  * Zeitlin, Bibliotheca Hebraica, p. 15 (here Isaac Bakst's name is spelled "Baxt").



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