Hermann Tietz (September 3, 1834, ( Birnbaum an der Warthe, today Międzychód), Kreis Birnbaum, Posen district,

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) was a German

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. He was educated at the University of Berlin (Ph.D. Halle). He was rabbi in Schrimm, and from 1888 was a '' Stiftrabbiner'' and teacher in the '' bet ha-midrash'' at Inowrazlaw. He published ''Das Hohe Lied'', translated in verse, and with notes according to the ''

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. ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; or ''midrashot' ...

'' (Berlin, 1878); and ''Megillat Eka'', with a metrical translation and a

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commentary, under the title ''Zikron Yehudah'' (Schrimm, 1881).

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