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Polak, Gabriel Jacob
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Talmudist and bibliographer; born June 3, 1803; died May 14, 1869, at Amsterdam, where he was principal of a school. He was the author of the following works, all published in Amsterdam: "Bikkure ha-Shanah" (1844), a Dutch and Hebrew almanac for the year 5604; "Dibre Ḳodesh" (1845), a Dutch-Hebrew dictionary; "Halikot Ḳedem" (1847), a collection of Hebrew poems; "Ben Gorni" (1851), a collection of essays; "Sha'ar Ṭa'ame Sifre Emet" (1858), an introduction to a treatise on the accents in the books of Job and the Psalms; a valuable edition of Bedersi's work on Hebrew synonyms, "Ḥotem Toknit" (1865); a biography of the poet David Franco Mendes and his contemporaries, in "Ha-Maggid,"; and "Meïr 'Enayim," a descriptive catalogue of the libraries of Jacobsohn and Meïr Rubens, a work of great bibliographical value.
Polak's editions of the rituals are noted for their accuracy.
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:109;
- Roest, Cat. Rosenthal. Bibl. pp. 940-943;
- Zeitlin, Ḳiryat Sefer, 2:273.
These files are public domain.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Polak, Gabriel Jacob'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/p/polak-gabriel-jacob.html. 1901.
