DOVID
MANDEL (d. 1944)
He came from Grosswardein, Romanian
Transylvania. He was a translator of
ethical religious texts from Hebrew into Yiddish, among them: Seyfer ner dovid (The candle of David), “a
beautiful ethical text for contemporary people, translated from Hebrew into
Judeo-German. I hope to God, blessed be
He, that this will find appeal in everyone” (Seini [Szinérváralja],
1927), 176 pp. + 7 pp. He also
translated Seyfer mishpet tsedek
(Judgment of justice), “an ethical text of Rabbi Moshe ben Gershon of Zalashin.” He was murdered by the Nazis in Transylvania.
Source:
Y. Yoysef Cohen, in Yivo-bleter (New
York) (1962), p. 272.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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