Solomon Klein
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Solomon KleinSolomon Klein (born at Bischheim
, Alsace
, October 14, 1814; died at Colmar
, Alsace, November 10, 1867 was a French rabbi
.
He was successively district rabbi at Bischheim (1839–41), Durmenach (1841–48), and Rixheim (1848–50). From 1850 to 1867 he was grand rabbi at Colmar
, which rabbinate had been occupied by Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, Simon Cahn, and Seligmann Goudchaux.
Klein was the author of the following works:
Bischheim
Bischheim can refer to the following:*a municipality in the German district of Donnersbergkreis; see Bischheim, Germany*a canton in France; see Canton of Bischheim*a town in this canton; see Bischheim, Bas-Rhin...
, Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
, October 14, 1814; died at Colmar
Colmar
Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....
, Alsace, November 10, 1867 was a French rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
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He was successively district rabbi at Bischheim (1839–41), Durmenach (1841–48), and Rixheim (1848–50). From 1850 to 1867 he was grand rabbi at Colmar
Colmar
Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....
, which rabbinate had been occupied by Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, Simon Cahn, and Seligmann Goudchaux.
Klein was the author of the following works:
- "Nouvelle Grammaire Hébraïque Raisonnée et Comparée," Durmenach, 1846
- "Traduction Française et Annotation du Sefer Yesodot ha-Maskil de R. David ben Bilia du Portugal, XIVe Siècle," in the "Dibre Ḥakamim" of Eliezer Ashkenazi, Metz, 1849
- "Notions Elémentaires de la Grammaire Hébraïque"
- "Guide du Traducteur du Pentateuque," 1851
- rules for the Ḥazzan and for the Shoḥeṭ, in Hebrew and German, 1855
- "Le Judaïsme ou la Vérité sur le Talmud" (German transl. by Mannheimer), Mülhansen, 1859
- "M. Philippson et Sa Traduction de la Bible," in "Univ. Isr." 1860
- "Recueil de Lettres Pastorales et de Discours d'Inauguration," Colmar, 1863
- "Cours de Thèmes et de Versions Hébraïques à l'Usage des Commençants," Mülhausen, 1866; "La Justice Criminelle chez les Hébreux," published posthumously in "Arch. Isr." 1898.