Solomon Sebag (1828 – 30 April 1892) was an English educator and Hebrew writer.
Solomon Sebag | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1828 Essouira, Morocco[citation needed] |
| Died | 30 April 1892 (aged 63–64) Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Hospital, London, United Kingdom[1] |
| Occupation | Educator, writer |
Biography
editSolomon Sebag was born in 1828 in Essouira, Morocco,[citation needed] the son of Rabbi Isaac Sebag. He was educated at the orphan school of the Portuguese congregation of London.
Sebag later took on the role of master at the Sha'are Tikvah School. Upon the passing of Ḥazzan de Sola, he temporarily assumed the position of reader at the Bevis Marks Synagogue. He turned down a permanent appointment, however, on the grounds that it would disrupt his attendance at the opera, to which he was devoted.[2]
In 1852, Sebag wrote a Hebrew primer that served for a long time as the chief textbook for Hebrew education among Jewish children in England. He also published various Hebrew poems and odes for special occasions.
Selected publications
edit- The Hebrew Primer and Reading Book. London. 1871 [1852].
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Lines written on the death of the late lamented Rev. Barnett Abrahams. London: S. Meldola. 1864.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman (1905). "Sebag, Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 140.
- ^ "Births, Marriages, & Deaths". The Morning Post. No. 37408. London. May 5, 1892.
- ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 884–885. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.