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Cleif, Daniel Ḥayyim

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Russian rabbi; born in Amsterdam 1729; died there May 14, 1794. He settled in Hasenpoth, in the government of Courland, originally as a jeweler; later he officiated there as rabbi for many years. At this time he wrote "'Arugah Ḳeṭannah" (The Small Garden-Bed), a booklet in which the 248 mandatory precepts are formulated in rime (Altona, 1787, and reprinted several times). He also left in manuscript a commentary on the Pentateuch.

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

Bibliography:
  • Wunderbar, Gesch. der Juden in Liv-und Kurland, Mitau, 1853.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Cleif, Daniel Ḥayyim'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​c/cleif-daniel-aayyim.html. 1901.
 
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