Notes on a commentary to Mendelsohn's Beur on the Torah. [18--]
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786
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Moses Mendelssohn was an internationally renowned philosopher of the Enlightenment while remaining an observant Jew who defended Judaism and advocated for Jewish civil rights. Moses Mendelssohn was born in 1729 in Dessau, the son of a Torah scribe, and received a traditional Talmudic education. His mother Bela Rachel Sara was descended from an illustrious line of rabbis. At age 14, Moses Mendelssohn followed his rabbi to Berlin; in Berlin, Mendelssohn encountered a group of early enlightened ...