Maskil
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Origin of Maskil
From the Hebrew word maśkīl literally, enlightened
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He came under the influence of a Maskil in Odessa and went away to France where he became a great mathematician and taught in a university.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
As I heard later, the Maskil took me for another Maskil, and was sure that I should lodge with him, or, at any rate, that he would be my first entry.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
When the Chossid slapped the Maskil, the child turned pale and green with fright, so that I took him by the hand and led him out of the room.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
He committed the anachronism of transporting the humanist ideas of the Lithuanian Maskil to the period of Isaiah.
From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Slouschz, Nahum
The upliftment of the masses was the beau-ideal of every Maskil, and Hebrew and even the much-despised Yiddish were employed to effect it.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
This is the distinguishing feature between the German and Slavonic Maskilim during the eighteenth century.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
The Maskilim of Besascz insisted that steps be taken to stop the prevailing custom of premature marriages.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
Isaac Bär Levinsohn, 1788-1860 Time was when all writers on the subject, usually Maskilim, thought it their duty to cast a stone at Hasidism.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
The struggle between Hasidim and Mitnaggedim ended with the conversionist policy of Nicholas I, which united them against the Maskilim.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
The younger Maskilim he warned not to waste their time in idle versification, not to become intoxicated with their little learning; and the older ones he implored to respect the sentiments of their conservative coreligionists.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
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