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Morris Jacob Raphall (
October 3,
1798–
June 23,
1868) was a
rabbi and author born at
Stockholm,
Sweden. At the age of nine he was taken by his father, who was banker to the
King of Sweden, to
Copenhagen, where he was educated at the Hebrew grammar-school. Later he went to
England, where he devoted himself to the study of languages, for the better acquisition of which he subsequently traveled in
France,
Germany, and
Belgium. He received the Ph.D. degree from the
University of Erlangen (Germany). After lecturing on Hebrew poetry he began to publish the
Hebrew Review, and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature, which he was forced to discontinue in 1836 owing to ill health.
For some time he acted as honorary secretary to
Solomon Herschell, chief rabbi of Great Britain. He made translations from
Maimonides,
Albo, and
Herz Wessely; conjointly with the Rev.
D. A. de Sola he published a translation of eighteen treatises of the
Mishnah; he also began a translation of the
Pentateuch, of which only one volume appeared. In 1840, when the
blood accusation was made at
Damascus, he published a refutation of it in four languages (Hebrew, English, French, and German) and wrote a defense of
Judaism against an anonymous writer in the London "Times." Raphall was also the author of a text-book of the post-Biblical history of the
Jews (to the year 70 C.E.).
In 1841 he was appointed minister of the
Birmingham Synagogue and master of the school. He continued in these capacities for eight years, and then sailed for
New York (1849). In that city he was appointed rabbi and preacher of the
B'nei Jeshurun congregation, where he continued as pastor till 1866, his duties then being relaxed owing to his infirm health. He died at New York on
June 23,
1868.
Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography
- Jew. Chron. July 17, 1868;
- Morais, Eminent Israelites.
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