Physical Description:

Only edition, octavo, [1], 68, [1], 21 pp. 174:105 mm., light age and damp staining, nice margins. A good copy bound in later boards, rubbed..

Detailed Description:   

Only edition of this collection of three discourses on faith and religion in opposition to reform Judaism by R. Zevi Hirsch ben David Oppenheim. The first discourse is a response (refutation) of Igereth Elassaph by Aaron Chorin, a pioneer of Reform Judaism in Hungary. The third discourse has the heading A wise man’s heart inclines him to his right hand; but a fool’s heart to his left” Ecclesiastes 10:2) The last part of Ene ha-Da’at is bi-lingual Hebrew and German including a Vorwort" in German and in German transliterated in Hebrew; "Nachwort" and "Noch etwas" in German by R. David Oppenheimer. There are approbations from R. Moses Mintz and R. Moses Sofer.

R. Zvi Hirsch ben David Oppenheim, (1794-1859) was born in Temesvar, Hungary, (then part of the Austrian Empire, now Timisoara, Romania), also known as "Gaon Rabbi Herschele Temeswarer". He succeeded his father, R. David Oppenheim, in the rabbinate of the Ashkenazi community of Temesvar. He was of German descent and a member of the noted Oppenheim family. The Austrian government bestowed upon him the title and functions of chief rabbi of the Temes county and of the Military Guard Region, a position which gave him authority over all the new Jewish communities which sprang up in that territory recently recovered from Turkish occupation. R. Oppenheim, a staunch Orthodox Jew and author of several scholarly works, permitted a choir to participate at his services. He welcomed the opportunity for Jews to obtain citizenship rights and fostered the process of rapprochement with those of other faiths in the surrounding communities. Oppenheim is the author of author of "'Ene ha-Da'at" (Budapest, 1829).

Hebrew Description:   

 כולל שני מאמרים, ראשון עומד מול עיני בשר והשני ידבר בקיום נפש האדם בשאריתה, מאת צבי הירש בהר"ב... דוד אופנהיים ז"ל, העובד בקודש בקהל אשכנזים וספרדים בעיר טעמישוואר ... ‬

תשובות על שאלות שונות בענייני אמונה ודת.

המאמר הראשון שבספר הוא נגד "אגרת אלאסף" של אהרן חארין, פראג תקפ"ו.

עם שיר, הפותח "עורי עורי רוחי כנורי עורה לכבוד שם המחבר אנכי אשורה", מאת א"ה"ם, פעסט, ד אלול תקפ"ט.

21 העמ’ האחרונים כוללים: Vertheidigung; Ein Anhang zum Werkchen Ene Hadath vom Rabbi D. H. Oppenheimer. בגרמנית, באותיות גוטיות ובאותיות עבריות, עמוד מול עמוד.

References:   

BE ayin 539; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000108198