Reuben ben Mordecai Brainin (; March 16, 1862 – November 30, 1939) was a Russian

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Biography

Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady,

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in 1862 to Mordechai Brainin, the son of Azriel Brainin and had moved to

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by 1901. Brainin contributed to the

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''. In 1895 he issued a periodical under the title "Mi-Mizraḥ u-Mi-Ma-arav" (From East and West), of which only four numbers appeared. Brainin was the author of several pamphlets, the most important of which were his sketch of Pereẓ Smolenskin's life and works (Warsaw, 1896); and a translation of M. Lazarus' essay on Jeremiah (Warsaw, 1897). He also wrote about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers. He was the first biographer of

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Published works

To "Aḥiasaf" Brainin contributed the following articles: * "Ilane Sraḳ" (Barren Trees) (i. 32) * "Bar Ḥalafta" (ii. 71) * "Dappim Meḳuṭṭa'im" (Loose Leaves) (v. 120). He also contributed to the same periodical the following biographical sketches: *

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(iv. 214) * Rabbi

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