Nahman Berlin Explained

Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin (;) was a Jewish polemical writer from Lissa, Germany. His literary activity was wholly devoted to the cause of orthodoxy, opposing steadfastly and systematically all attempts at the reform of Judaism.

Bibliography

• Book: ʻEn Mishpat. The Critical Eye of Judgment. Berlin. 1796. Directed against the editors of the Hebrew periodical Ha-Meassef, and especially against Aaron Wolfssohn.
• Book: Keter Torah. The Crown of the Law. Dyhernfurth. 1810. An introduction to the Ḥavot Da'at of Jacob ben Moses of Lissa.
• Book: Judah. Berlin. 1818. Against the innovators.
• Book: Kaddur katan. The Small Globe. Berlin. 1819. Against several works by different reform writers.
• Book: le-daber. Time to Speak Out. Berlin. 1819. On the traditions of oral law, as well as on the necessity of having the prayers in Hebrew.
• Book: Simḥah. Joy. Berlin. 1819. A call to unity in religious affairs.