Ha-Shaḥar

Ha-Shaḥar
Title page of Ha-Shaḥar, May 1879
EditorPeretz Smolenskin
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation800–1,300[1]
FounderPeretz Smolenskin
First issue1868 (1868)
Final issue1884 (1884)
Based inVienna, Austria-Hungary
LanguageHebrew

Ha-Shaḥar (Hebrew: הַשַּׁחַר, lit. 'The Dawn') was a Hebrew-language monthly periodical, published and edited at Vienna by Peretz Smolenskin from 1868 to 1884.[2]

The journal contained scientific articles, essays, biographies, and literature, as well as general Jewish news.[3] The objects of Smolenskin were to spread Enlightenment and knowledge of the Hebrew language, and particularly to oppose obscurantism.[4] Its publication was interrupted several times for lack of support. Ha-Shaḥar greatly influenced the Haskalah movement, especially in Russia, where it was well known. It was read secretly in the yeshivot, in private houses, and in the batte midrashot.[5]

Contributors

Among the periodical's contributors were:[3][1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Ha-Shaḥar". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 250.

  1. ^ a b Slutsky, Yehuda (2007). "Ha-Shaḥar". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  2. ^ "Гашахар" [Hashakhar]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. XIV (1st ed.). Moscow. 1929. p. 699.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b Menda-Levy, Oded (2008). "Shaḥar, Ha-". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Hann, Rami. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  4. ^ Tcherikower, Elias (1910). "Гашахар"  [Hashakhar]. In Katznelson, J. L.; Ginzburg, Baron D. (eds.). Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron (in Russian). Vol. 6. St. Petersburg: Brockhaus & Efron. pp. 211–213.
  5. ^  Gottheil, Richard; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Ha-Shaḥar". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 250.