Jacob Brüll
Jacob Brüll (16 November 1812 – 29 November 1889) was a Czech talmudic scholar and rabbi.
Life
[edit]Brüll was born on 16 November 1812 in Nový Rousínov, Moravia, Austrian Empire.[1] He attended several yeshivot in Hungary (Bonyhád, Pressburg and Buda). He was ordained as a rabbi by Michael Wronick, rabbi of Nový Rousínov, and Nahum Trebitsch, the chief rabbi of Moravia.[2][3] Later in his life, he married Trebitsch's daughter, Regina.[3] He served as an assistant rabbi in Nový Rousínov, and then from 1843 until his death in 1889, he served as rabbi in Kojetín.[2][4] He passed away on 29 November 1889 in Kojetín.[1]
Works
[edit]Brüll was renowned for his varied knowledge in rabbinic literature and published several scholarly works, including:[4]
- Forschungen über Targumim und Midraschim (1851)
- Die Mnemonik des Talmud (1864)
- Mavo haMishnah, ed. 1 (1876), ed. 2 (1885). The second edition has been republished in Israel.
- Ben Zekunim (1889). This was published a week before he died.[1]
Additionally, he made various contributions to Leopold Löw's periodical Ben Chananja (1858–1867) and Isaac Hirsch Weiss' Bet-Talmud (1881–1886).[1][4]
Students
[edit]Among his students were his sons Nehemiah (1843–1891), Adolf (1846–1908), and the renowned scholar David Kaufmann.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Singer, Isidore (1902). "Brüll, Jakob". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Bruell, Jacob". Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Miller, Michael. "Brüll, Jacob". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Porton, Gary G. ""Jacob Brull: The Mishnahj as a Law-Code" by Gary Porton (pp. 76-89) - (Chapter 5) (1 article)". Nahum N. Glatzer Papers. Jewish History Collections. Vanderbilt University: 76–89 – via JSTOR.