Mordecai Jonah Rosenfeld

Born in Dynów, he moved to Przemyśl at the age of seven and then Brody, where he studied the Talmud, Hebrew and German. Among his teachers was Tzvi Elimelech Spira, the first Dinover Rebbe.^[2] In about 1830 he became shoḥet at Sośnica, and remained there for the rest of his life.^[3]

Rosenfeld's philosophy was influenced by the work of Nachman Krochmal.^[2] He was the author of En boḥen (Przemyśl, 1872), a commentary on Beḥinat olam; Or karov (Przemyśl, 1873), a commentary on Or ha-ḥayyim by Joseph Yabez, with an appendix on the origin of Kabbalah; and an edition of the Book of Job with commentary (Kenaf renanim) and philological notes (Hokhaḥ milim; Lemberg, 1875).^[4] In addition to these works he contributed articles to such periodicals as Ha-Maggid and Ha-Ivri (he). The most important of these was Netinah la-kohen, strictures on Netinah la-ger by Nathan Marcus Adler.^[3]

• Ayin boḥen [Investigative Eye]. Przemyśl: Ḥayyim Aharon Zupnik. 1872.
• Or karov [A Close Light]. Ḥayyim Aharon Zupnik. 1873.
• Sefer Iyov [The Book of Job] (PDF). Lemberg: Jacob Ehrenpreis. 1875.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Waldstein, A. S. (1905). "Rosenfeld, Mordecai Jonah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 475.