About Dov Ber of Bolechów
Lived 1723 – 1805 (aged 81–82). Dov Ber of Bolechów was a writer, historian and merchant.
Dov Ber Birkenthal (1723–1805), also known as Ber of Bolechow, was a Hebrew writer from Bolekhiv whose memoirs provide an important insight into 18th century Jewish European life. He served as interpreter and advisor to the chief rabbi of Lemberg in his debate against Jacob Frank in 1759.
Life Birkenthal was born on March 13, 1723, in Bolechow, Galicia.
He was the son of a wine merchant. In addition to a traditional Jewish education, he was sent by his father to study Greek and Latin with the local priests, so that as an adult, he was fluent in Polish, German, Italian, Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
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Who was Dov Ber of Bolechów?
18th century Hebrew memoirist
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Dov Ber of Bolechów was born in 1723 in Bolekhiv.
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Dov Ber of Bolechów died in 1805 in Bolekhiv.
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Dov Ber of Bolechów was a writer, historian and merchant.
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