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Isaac ben Ḥayyim of Volozhin

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Russian Talmudist; born at Volozhin, government of Wilna; died at Ivenitz, government of Minsk, June 16, 1849. Isaac was a distinguished Talmudist, owing to which fact he succeeded his father as headof the yeshibah of Volozhin. In 1844 he was called to St. Petersburg as a member of the rabbinical commission appointed by the emperor to consider a proposal to found rabbinical seminaries and schools for Jewish children. Isaac was the author of a work entitled "Mille de-Abot" (n.p.; n.d.), consisting of novellæ on Pirḳe Abot.

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  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 601.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Isaac ben Ḥayyim of Volozhin'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​i/isaac-ben-ayyim-of-volozhin.html. 1901.
 
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