HistoryFigure1887–1972

David Cohen

דוד כהן

Region: Israël

History register · custodian, not owner

Lithuanian rabbi

A book yet to be written

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document David Cohen give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Jewish Encyclopedia entry (1901–1906)

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COHEN, DAVID

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Rabbin (1902) de l'île de Djerba, près de Tunis. Il est l'auteur des ouvrages hébreux suivants : « Shire David » (Chants de David), un recueil de poèmes ; un traité de grammaire, avec des notes sur les principes sous-jacents au calcul du calendrier juif ; « Dibre David » (Paroles de David), un commentaire sur le Pentateuque et certains autres livres de la Bible.

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