Isaac ben Eliezer

15th-century German rabbi

Not to be confused with Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi.

Rabbi

Isaac ben Eliezer

יצחק בן אליעזר

Parent|

* Eliezer (father)

Religious life
Religion| Judaism
Residence| Worms, Germany

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

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 domain: Isidore Singer and Max Schloessinger (1901–1906). "ISAAC BEN ELIEZER". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
* Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 98;
* Fürst, Bibl, Jud. ii. 141;
* Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1107;
* idem, Jewish Literature, p. 102;
* Zunz, Z. G. pp. 130, 263, 279, 288.
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.

*[Bibl, Jud.]: Bibliotheca Judaica
*[Cat. Bodl.]: Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Bodleian Library
*[Z. G.]: Zur Geschichte und Literatur