Abraham Reif | |
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Born | 1802 Mościska, Galicia, Habsburg Empire |
Died | 1859 (aged 56–57) |
Language | Hebrew |
Spouse | Yente Reif [1] |
Abraham Reif ( Hebrew: אברהם רייף; 1802–1859) was a Galician Jewish poet.
Born in Mościska in 1802, [2] he came early under the influence of the school of the Me'assefim, but subsequently broke away from the movement. [1] Tobias Feder deeply influenced his literary work. [3] Alexander Langbank introduced Reif to the secular sciences, and after Reif's death he purchased from his widow, Yente, all his posthumous works. [3]
Reif open a school for the study of the Torah and the Hebrew language in his native city, which produced a number of prominent Hebraists. [1] His chief dramas, Ha-Nidka'im, Shulamit, and Yehudit, vividly portray the life of the Galician Jews. As he was too poor to publish his works, he gave manuscript copies of them to his pupils. [3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Singer, Isidore; Margel, M. (1905).
"Reif, Abraham". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 365.