Eliezer Dob Liebermann (; 12 April 1820 – 15 April 1895) was a

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n '' maskilic'' writer and scholar.

Biography

Liebermann was born in Pilvischok in the region of Suwałki. His father was a '' shoḥet'', and gave him a traditional

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. At the age of twelve he was sent to his uncle Rabbi Elijah Schick ('Reb Elinke Lider'), then the

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of Amstibove, who instructed him in

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and rabbinical literature. In 1838 he went to

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and joined the '' maskilim''. In about 1844 he settled as a teacher in

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. In 1867 he left to Suwałki, remained there about twenty years, and then returned to Białystok. He was the author of ''Megillat sefer'', a collection of short stories, essays, fables, and letters, and of ''Tsedaka u-mishpat'', a Hebrew adaptation of S. D. Luzzatto's ''Lezioni di Teologia Morale Israelitica''. He wrote also ''Ge ḥizzayon'', several works still in manuscript, and a number of articles which he published in various Hebrew periodicals.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebermann, Eliezer Dob 1820 births 1895 deaths 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire Jewish writers from the Russian Empire Hebrew-language writers People from Suwałki Governorate People from Vilkaviškis District Municipality People of the Haskalah Translators from Italian Translators to Hebrew