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Maskil — (Hebrew: מַשְׂכִּיל, plural maskilim): A Hebrew literary musical term occurring in the heading of some psalms. Title of honor, meaning scholar or enlightened man, used by Isaac Israeli ben Joseph in the 14th century to refer to his Italian… … Wikipedia
Maskil — n. (Hebrew) supporter of the Haskalah movement, one who advocated the teaching of secular knowledge within the Jewish community during the 18th and 19th centuries … English contemporary dictionary
maskil — mas·kil … English syllables
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MASKILEISON (Maskil le-Eitan), ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH LEIB — (1788–1848), Russian rabbi and author. Born in Radoshkovich, Belorussia, Maskileison studied under his father, who was av bet din of Khotimsk in the district of Mogilev. Abraham served as av bet din in Novogrudok. Toward the end of his life he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses Hirschel — Maskil Moses Hirschel (13 September 1754, Breslau – ca. 1823) was a German writer and chess author. He was a representative of Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment, in Kingdom of Prussia at the end of the 18th century. He published the first German … Wikipedia
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HASKALAH — (Heb. הַשְׂכָּלָה), Hebrew term for the Enlightenment movement and ideology which began within Jewish society in the 1770s. An adherent of Haskalah became known as a maskil (pl. maskilim). The movement continued to be influential and spread, with … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abraham Goldfaden — Infobox musical artist Name = Abraham Goldfaden Img capt = Abraham Goldfaden Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Starokonstantinov, Russia Genre = Yiddish theatre, operetta Years active = 1876 ndash;1908 Label =… … Wikipedia
