Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Asher, Ensel B. Judah Loeb

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Search for…
Resource Toolbox

Chief of the bet din at Slonim, Lithuania, in the beginning of the eighteenth century. He wrote two works: "Otot le-Mo'adim" (Signs for the Feasts) and "Baruk mi-Banim Asher" (Blessed Be Asher Above Sons; Deuteronomy 33:24). The former contains a novella to PesaḦim , and also the laws of the festivals and half-festivals. The latter comprises a homiletic commentary on the Pentateuch. Both were published at Zolkiev, in 1749 and 1752 respectively.

Bibliography:
  • Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim he-Ḥadash, 2:7,15;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 31-83.
L. G.
I. Br.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Asher, Ensel B. Judah Loeb'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/asher-ensel-b-judah-loeb.html. 1901.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile