Hirsch Mendel Pineles
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Hirsch Mendel Pineles | |
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| Born | Dec 21, 1805 Galician town of Tysmenytsia |
| Died | Aug 6, 1870 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Known for | Jewish scholar from Tysmenytsia |
Hirsch Mendel Pineles (Dec 21. 1805-Aug 6. 1870) was a Ukrainian-Jewish scholar from the town of Tysmenytsia.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hirsch Mendel Pineles was born on Dec 21. 1805 in the Galician town of Tysmenytsia. He studied rabbinics there until the age of fifteen, after which he left the town.[2] He then moved and settled in Brody, where he studied various secular sciences[3] and joined the Maskilim. He married there and had a son, Samuel Pineles.[4] On account of his study of secular sciences, the mostly Hasidic Jewish community in Brody accused him of heresy.[2] In 1853 he then moved to Odessa, then in 1855 he moved to Galați, where he lived until his death in 1870.
Writings
[edit]Mendel Pineles wrote several treatises on astronomy in various Jewish periodicals and newspapers. One of his most well-known is the "Darkah Shel Torah", a critical interpretation of various passages of the Talmud[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "CERL Thesaurus". data.cerl.org. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ a b c "PINELES, HIRSCH MENDEL - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Pineles, Hirsch Mendel ben Solomon". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Pineles, Samuel". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.