Baruch ben Jehuda Löb Lindau (; 1759,

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– 5 December 1849,

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) was a

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, and translator. Lindau became a member of the

maskilim The ''Haskalah'' (; literally, "wisdom", "erudition" or "education"), often termed the Jewish Enlightenment, was an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, with a certain influence on those in Western Europe and th ...

circle in Berlin, publishing articles on science and scientific instruments in '' ha-Me'assef''. He was a counselor of the maskilic association ''Chevrat shocharai Ha'tov ve'hatushiya'' and translated several ''

haftarot The ''haftara'' or (in Ashkenazic pronunciation) ''haftorah'' (alt. ''haftarah, haphtara'', ) "parting," "taking leave" (plural form: ''haftarot'' or ''haftoros''), is a series of selections from the books of ''Nevi'im'' ("Prophets") of the ...

'' into German for

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...

's '' Bi'ur'' project. In 1789, he published ', his most successful work. It was a Hebrew scientific textbook containing sections on astronomy, physics, biology, and geography. The second part, ''Reshit Limmudim'', was published in 1810 and devoted to physics, chemistry, and mechanics. The work remained a popular scientific encyclopedia among European Jews for nearly a century.

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