About Abraham Reif
Lived 1802 – 1859 (aged 56–57). Abraham Reif was a poet.
Abraham Reif (; 1802–1859) was a Galician Jewish poet.
Born in Mościska in 1802, he came early under the influence of the school of the Me'assefim, but subsequently broke away from the movement. Tobias Feder deeply influenced his literary work. Alexander Langbank introduced Reif to the secular sciences, and after Reif's death he purchased from his widow, Yente, all his posthumous works.
Reif open a school for the study of the Torah and the Hebrew language in his native city, which produced a number of prominent Hebraists. His chief dramas, Ha-Nidka'im, Shulamit, and Yehudit, vividly portray the life of the Galician Jews. As he was too poor to publish his works, he gave manuscript copies of them to his pupils.
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Who was Abraham Reif?
Poet (1802–1859)
When was Abraham Reif born?
Abraham Reif was born in 1802 in Mostyska.
When did Abraham Reif die?
Abraham Reif died in 1859.
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Abraham Reif was a poet.
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