Michael Sachs

Michael Sachs ( born September 3, 1808 in Großglogau; † January 31, 1864 in Berlin) was a German rabbi.

He studied in Berlin, was appointed in 1836 as rabbi of the Jewish community in Prague and worked since 1844 in the same capacity in Berlin. He gave the eulogy for the victims of the Jewish faith among the martyrs of the revolution in March of 1848.

According to him, the Michael Sachs lodge is named in the Upper Silesian Chorzów.

Works

Of his numerous works that have contributed much of the same for lightening the literature and history in the sense of Conservative Judaism, should be mentioned:

  • The translation and explanation of the Psalms ( Berlin 1835);
  • Voices from the Jordan and the Euphrates (Berlin 1852, 2nd edition 1868);
  • Contributions to language and Antiquities (Berlin 1852-54, 2 volumes, relations between the Greco-Roman world and the Talmudic - Midrashic literature treating );
  • The religious poetry of the Jews in Spain (Berlin 1845);
  • The masterful translation of the Israelite festival prayers ( Machzor ) and the prayer book ( siddur ).

A selection of his sermons was published in two volumes (Berlin 1866-69 ), edited by David Rosin. For the Zunz'sche Bible translation Sachs translated 15 books.

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