Daniel Hayyim Cleif

Daniel Hayyim Cleif
Personal
Born	1729 (1729) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Died	14 May 1794(1794-05-14) (aged 64–65) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Religion	Judaism

Daniel Hayyim Cleif (Hebrew: דניאל בן חיים קליף, romanized: Dani'el ben Ḥayyim Kleef; 1729 – 14 May 1794) was a Dutch-born Curonian rabbi.

Biography

Cleif was born in Amsterdam in 1729. He settled in Hasenpoth, Courland, originally as a jeweler; later he officiated there as rabbi for many years. At this time he wrote Arugah ketannah ('The Small Garden-Bed'), a booklet in which the 248 positive commandments are formulated in rime (Altona, 1787, and reprinted several times). He also left in manuscript a commentary on the Torah.

One of Cleif's sons was a physician in the service of the Russian government, with the title of councilor of state, who died in the Orel Governorate in 1846.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman (1903). "Cleif, Daniel Ḥayyim". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 113.

External links

• Works by Cleif at the National Library of Israel