Mendel Heymann
Mendel Heymann (originated from: Menachem Chaim ; also Mendel or Mendl Dessau ; * 1683 ; † May 10, 1766 in Dessau ) was Sofer , community clerk and primary school teacher in Dessau. Coming from a very humble background, he was the father of Moses Mendelssohn (who was then called "Mendelssohn", or "son of Mendel"), the progenitor of the famous Mendelssohn family .
Little is known about his life. Due to his poverty, he was unable to provide the ailing Moses with an expensive education, but initially led the first Hebrew lessons for the toddler himself before he left Moses - at the age of three - to the lessons of the Dessau chief rabbi David Hirschel Fraenkel , who took him into the introduced a deeper study of the Bible , Talmud and the most important commentaries, later also of Maimonides, etc.
Literature (selection)
- Moses Mendelssohn's life story ; in: Moses Mendelssohn's collected writings ; Leipzig, FA Brockhaus, 1843, volume 1, p. 1 ff.
- Jewish Lexicon ; Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1930; DNB 366666398 ; IV / 1, col. 95
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography , Volume 4; Chernivtsi: Aurora, 1930; DNB 366925814 ; Pp. 340-341
- Alexander Altmann : Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study ; University of Alabama Press, 1973; ISBN 0-8173-6860-4 .
- Dominique Bourel: Moses Mendelssohn: la naissance du judaïsme moderne ; Gallimard, Paris 2004; ISBN 2-07-072998-2
- Julius H. Schoeps : The legacy of the Mendelssohns. Family biography . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009. ISBN 978-3-10-073606-2
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Herzfeld: Jewish weddings in Berlin, 1759-1813. ( online )
- ↑ haskala.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heymann, Mendel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sofer and community clerk in Dessau, ancestor of the Mendelssohn family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1683 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1766 |
| Place of death | Dessau |