David Friedrichsfeld (c. 1755 – 19 February 1810) was a German-Jewish writer in German and Hebrew .

Friedrichsfeld was born in Berlin , where he absorbed the scholarship and ideas of the Meassefim . In 1781 he went to Amsterdam , where he was one of the leaders in the fight for the emancipation of the Jews , writing in the promotion of this cause his Beleuchtung ... das Burgerrecht der Juden Betreffend , Amsterdam, 1795, and Appell an die Stande Hollands, etc., ib., 1797. He died in Amsterdam in 1810.

Besides contributing to the "Ha-Meassef," he wrote "Ma'aneh Rak," on the pronunciation of Hebrew among the Sephardim (being also a defence of Moses Lemans ' "Imrah ?erufah," Amsterdam, 1808); and "Zeker ?addi?," a biography of Hartwig Wessely , ib. 1809. Some of his works are still in manuscript (comp. Steinschneider , "Verzeichnis der Hebr. Handschriften der Konigl. Bibliothek zu Berlin," ii., No. 255, pp. 110 et seq.).

References [ edit ]

• Heinrich Gratz , Gesch. 1st ed., xi. 134, 229;
• Moritz Steinschneider , Cat. Bodl. col. 987;
• William Zeitlin , Bibl. Post-Mendels. p. 99
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Isidore Singer and H. Brody (1901?1906). "Friedrichsfeld, David B. Zebi Hirsch" . In Singer, Isidore ; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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