RABINOWITZ, ELIEZER LIPMAN OF MINSK

Minsk

1879

i. Kuntress Anshei Hashem [an alphabetical listing of the names of all the signatories of the Takanoth and Halachic rulings in the Pinkas Hamedina]. ii. Toldoth Anshei Hashem [biographies and other pertinent information regarding the personalities listed in Kuntress Anshei Hashem]

The author was a Shochet from the town of Minsk, who, as an amateur historian, authored many scholarly articles for the religious periodical “Ha-Levanon.” His writings were especially featured in the literary supplement, “Kevod ha-Levanon.” Toldoth Anshei Hashem, culled from various sources, contains numerous original insights into the lives, families and works of some of the greatest scholars of the 17th and 18th century. The Pinkas Hamedina, is the Chronicle of the Council of Lithuania. The historian Simon Dubnow, published its contents for the years 1623-1761, but was seemingly unaware of this important manuscript