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Semiatitsch, Gedaliah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Lithuanian Talmudist of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was one of the Ḥasidic party which in 1700 made a pilgrimage to Palestine under the leadership of Judah Ḥasid. In his work "Sha'alu Shelom Yerushalayim" (Berlin, 1716) Semiatitsch gives a full description of this pilgrimage, including the adventures of the party and the death of Judah Ḥasid. He adds an account of the history and a description of the ruins of Jerusalem as well as a list of the sepulchers of the Holy Land, the narrative being followed by some dirges.
Bibliography:- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 554, No. 18;
- Füirst, Bibl. Jud. 3:313;
- Orient, Lit. 12:297;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1003;
- Zunz, G. S. 1:193.
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M. Sel.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Semiatitsch, Gedaliah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/semiatitsch-gedaliah.html. 1901.