Nahman Berlin

Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin (Hebrew: נחמן בן שמחה ברלין מליסא; fl. late 18th–early 19th century) was a Jewish polemical writer from Lissa, Germany. His literary activity was wholly devoted to the cause of orthodoxy, opposing steadfastly and systematically all attempts at the reform of Judaism.

Bibliography

• ʻEn Mishpat [The Critical Eye of Judgment]. Berlin. 1796. Directed against the editors of the Hebrew periodical Ha-Meassef, and especially against Aaron Wolfssohn.
• Keter Torah [The Crown of the Law]. Dyhernfurth. 1810. An introduction to the Ḥavot Da'at of Jacob ben Moses of Lissa.
• Judah. Berlin. 1818. Against the innovators.
• Kaddur katan [The Small Globe]. Berlin. 1819. Against several works by different reform writers.
• ʻEt le-daber [Time to Speak Out] (PDF). Berlin. 1819. On the traditions of oral law, as well as on the necessity of having the prayers in Hebrew.
• Simḥah [Joy]. Berlin. 1819. A call to unity in religious affairs.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Beer, Moses (1902). "Berlin, Naḥman ben Simḥah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 81.