Jizchak Jakob Reines
Isaak Jakob Reines (actually Jizchak Jakob ben Salomon Naphtali Reines , Hebrew יצחק יעקב ריינס; born October 27, 1839 in Karlin, Russian Empire ; † 1915 in Lida , Vilnius Governorate , Russian Empire) was an Orthodox rabbi , Talmud scholar and co-founder of the Misrachi -Move.
Life
Reines was born in Karlin (now part of Pinsk , Belarus ). He was trained in the yeshivot of Eischistok and Waloschyn . In addition, he received lessons from his father-in-law, Rabbi Josef Rosen in Hordok.
In 1867 he became rabbi in Saukinai, Lithuania, and in Svencionys in 1869. There he founded a yeshiva in 1882, which taught not only religious but also non-religious subjects. From 1885 he was rabbi in Lida , where he worked until his death.
Reines has been a keen advocate of the Chibbat Zion movement since its inception . He joined Rabbi Samuel Mohilever and suggested settlements in which Torah study and physical labor should be combined. Reines was also one of the first rabbis to obey Theodor Herzl's call to become part of the Zionist movement. Reines has participated in almost all Zionist congresses since 1897 .
In 1901 he co-founded the Zionist Misrachi movement. In 1902 Reines published the book Or chadasch al Zion ( A New Light on Zion ), in which he defended Zionist positions against attacks by opponents. In the same year he organized a conference of religious Zionists in Vilnius (according to other sources: in Minsk). This promoted the development of the Misrachi movement
In 1903 he published the first misrachistic magazine Hamisrachi with S. Jawitz . At the 6th Congress (Basel 1903) he was also one of the supporters of the British Uganda project .
In 1904 he was elected leader of the movement at the founding congress of the worldwide Misrachi in Pressburg . In the same year he founded a yeshiva in Lida and thereby fulfilled a personal dream. Religious and general subjects were taught there, in contrast to the pilpul method common in Eastern Europe .
His son Moses Reines emerged as a historian of Russian Judaism.
Other works
- Edut bi Jehosef , Wilna 1866 (Comments on the work of his father-in-law)
- Edut be-Jaakob , Wilna 1872
- Chotem tochnit , 1880/1881, 2 volumes (development of the plan for a new method of studying the Talmud)
- Scha'are orah , Wilna 1886 (on Haggadah and Midrash)
- Orim gedolim , 1887 (Halachic)
- Nod schel dema'ot , 1891 (sermons)
- Or schibath hajomim , Wilna 1896 (Halachic)
- Orach wesimcha , Wilna 1898 (about the Purim festival)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pure, Jizchak Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pure, Isaac Jacob; Reines, Jizchak Jakob ben Salomon Naphtali (full name); Pure, Ya'acov |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Orthodox rabbi, Talmudic scholar and co-founder of the Misrachi movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlin , Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1915 |
| Place of death | Lida , Russia |