Yashar

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Jaschar is the name of the following people:

  • Joseph Salomo Delmedigo (also: Jaschar = Josef Schelomo Rofe; 1591–1655), rabbi, doctor, mathematician and astronomer, free spirit and critic


See also:

  • Sefer ha-Jaschar (Book of the Righteous, Book of the Upright; possibly identical with Toldot Adam = story of Adam), anonymous Hebrew folk book from the Middle Ages (originated around 1200?)
  • Book of the upright (Book of Jaschar), a collection of songs mentioned in the Old Testament that has not been preserved
  • Yasar