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Strelisker, Mordecai ben David
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Cantor in the synagogue of Mihăilenĭ in Rumania; born in Brody, Galicia, 1809; died Sept., 1875. He spent his youth in his native town, where he acquired a knowledge of Hebrew literature under the instruction of Erter and Krochmal. His most important contributions in this field are twelve literary essays in vols. , , , and of the "Bikkure ha-'Ittim." He carried on a literary correspondence with Judah ben Jonah Jeiteles in "Kerem Ḥemed," 2:183. The following works of Strelisker's have appeared separately: "Za'ḳat Sheber" (Vienna, 1829), a lamentation on the death of Zalman Margulies; "Ta'anit Yeshurun" (Zolkiev, 1835), an elegy on the death of Emperor Francis I. of Austria, sung during a mourning ceremony held in the old Brody synagogue; "Zeker 'Olam" (Lemberg, 1849), a biography and an elegy of his father; and "Shirat ha-Kohen" (reprinted from "Ha-Maggid," 1860), on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the birth of J. S. Rappaport.
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2662;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 156;
- Kerem, Ḥemed, 1836, 2:183-188;
- Ha-Ẓefirah, 1875, No. 43;
- Ha-Shaḥar, 1875, 6:690-691;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:393.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Strelisker, Mordecai ben David'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/strelisker-mordecai-ben-david.html. 1901.
