Moses Ben Isaac

Austrian author; lived at Bisenz, Moravia, in the latter half of the sixteenth century. He was the author of: "Darash Mosheh" (Cracow, 1595), explanation of 256 quaint Talmudical haggadot in "'En Ya'aḳob," published by Isaac Prossnitz; "He ha-Yedi'ah" (ib.), a prayer on the Messianic redemption, in 2,150 words, all beginning with the letter "alef"; "'Ammude 'Abodah" (ib.), on the education of children and on asceticism.

Bibliography:

  * Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 121, 124;
  * Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 398;
  * Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. No. 6475.



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