MORDECAI BEN ELIEZER JONAH:

Austrian commentator; lived in Lemberg in the latter part of the sixteenth century. He published an ethical discourse on the "Shema'" under the title "Petil Tekelet" (Prague, 1618), in three parts, the first dealing with love of God, the second with abstention from sin, and the last with misfortune.

Bibliography:
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1658;
  • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 324;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 503, No. 1323.
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