Aaron ben Samuel of Hergershausen
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Aaron ben Samuel of Hergershausen
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Aaron ben Samuel of Hergershausen was a Hessian Jewish writer. He is considered to be the first person in Germany to attempt to bring about the use of the vernacular in lieu of the Hebrew in the daily prayers. He began his career as a small trader or pedlar, later becoming a distiller of brandy for sale in his tavern. In 1709 he published in Frankfurt his Liebliche tefiloh, oder kreftige artznai for guf un neshomoh, a volume of prayers and personal supplications in Yiddish. Though not the first
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