YITSKHOK-TSVI BRODOTSKI (I. Z. BRODOTSKY) (b. May 14,
1873)
He was born in Slutsk (Sluck), Byelorussia, into a family of
clergymen. He attended the yeshivas of
Mir, Bobruisk, and Kletsk (Klieck), among others. He was a ritual slaughterer, a preacher, and
an itinerant teacher. After getting
married, he moved to Irkutsk, where he initially worked as a teacher and from
1908 as a synagogue beadle. He published
articles in the Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian presses. He also devoted his time to research on
Jewish history in Siberia and published treatises on the topic in the local press. His career following the Russian Revolution
is unknown. Among his books: Talmudishe
aforizmen (Talmudic aphorisms) in Yiddish, containing 300 sayings, adapted
in rhyme, published as a supplement to Hamodia (The herald); and Midrash
tsadikim (Commentary of wise men) in Hebrew, a satire on Parisian styles
(Berdichev, 1899), 38 pp.
Source:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 1.
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