Yoel Dov-Ber Perski | |
Native Name: | יואל דוב־בער פערסקי |
Native Name Lang: | he |
Birth Place: | Volozhin, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Vilna, Russian Empire |
Language: | Hebrew |
Notableworks: | Kevod Melakhim (1851–53) Ḥayyei Asaf (1858) |
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (; 1816 – 17 November 1871), also known as Yoel Ber Kohen, was a Hebrew writer and translator.
His publications include Kevod Melakhim (Königsberg and Vilna, 1851–53), a translation of François Fénelon's Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, and Ḥayyei Asaf (Warsaw, 1858), a translation of Aesop's Fables, along with a biography of their author. He also wrote Sefer Neveh Tehilah (1846), a Passover Haggadah with commentary; Heikhal Ra'anan and Shemen Ra'anan (Vilna, 1863), commentaries on the Yalkut Shimoni; and Battei Kehunnah, a commentary on Bereshit Rabba and Shemot Rabba.