Creator Bio
Leyb ben Samuel Oppenheim
16th Century
Leyb ben Samuel Oppenheim (also known as Loewe Oppenheim) was a scholar who lived in Worms, Germany, and was the author of several Sifre ‘evronot (Books of Intercalation) in the sixteenth century. He is known particularly for his guidance on how to reconcile the Christian calendar with the Jewish calendar.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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‘Evronot Manuscript (Rules for Calculation of the Calendar)
Sifre ‘evronot—manuals for calculating the Jewish calendar, including leap years and holidays—were a popular genre of Ashkenazic illustrated manuscripts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…