Isaac ben Eliezer () was a German

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

who lived in

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from 1460 to 1480. He attended the lectures of Moses ben Eliezer ha-Darshan (

Leopold Zunz Leopold Zunz (—''Yom Tov Tzuntz'', —''Lipmann Zunz''; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies ('' Wissenschaft des Judentums''), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual. Nah ...

, "''Zur Geschichte und Literatur''" p. 105), whom he praised in high terms.

Sefer HaGan

Isaac wrote in German an

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and

ascetic Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their pra ...

treatise under the title "''Sefer HaGan''" (

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, about 1580). It is divided into seven parts, one for each day of the week. Translated into Hebrew by Moses Saertels, it was subsequently printed, together with

Johanan Luria Johanan ben Aaron ben Nathanael Luria () was an Alsatian Talmudist. He lived successively at Niedernheim and Strasburg at the end of the fifteenth century and in the beginning of the sixteenth. After having studied for many years in German '' ...

's "''Sefer ha-Derakah''," in

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(1597, 1612) and

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(1663, 1713). The Hebrew translation has been twice rendered into German ("''Das Hochgelobte Sefer ha-Gan'',"

Hanau Hanau () is a city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ma ...

, about 1620; "''Das Ist der Teutsch Sefer ha-Gan'',"

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, 1692).
''Jewish Encyclopedia'' bibliography: *

Benjacob Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob (10 January 1801, Ramygala – 2 July 1863, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish maskil, best known as a bibliographer, author, and publisher. His 17-volume Hebrew Bible included Rashi, Moses Mendelssohn, as well as his own ...

, ''Oẓar ha-Sefarim''
p. 98
*

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, ' ii
141
*

Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (; 30 March 1816 – 24 January 1907) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist, and an important figure in Jewish studies and Jewish history. He is credited as having invented the term ''antisemitism.'' Education Mo ...

,
col. 1107
*idem, ''Jewish Literature'', p. 102; *

Zunz Zunz (, ) is a Yiddish surname: * (1874–1939), Belgian pharmacologist * Sir Gerhard Jack Zunz (1923–2018), British civil engineer * Leopold Zunz (Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz) (1794–1886), German Reform rabbi and writer, the founder of academi ...

, ' pp
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Isaac ben Eliezer 15th-century German rabbis Rabbis from Worms, Germany Writers of Musar literature Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown