Ha-Shaḥar (Hebrew: הַשַּׁחַר, lit. 'The Dawn') was a Hebrew-language monthly periodical, published and edited at Vienna by Peretz Smolenskin from 1868 to 1884.[2]
 Title page of Ha-Shaḥar, May 1879 | |
| Editor | Peretz Smolenskin |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation | 800–1,300[1] |
| Founder | Peretz Smolenskin |
| First issue | 1868 |
| Final issue | 1884 |
| Based in | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Language | Hebrew |
The journal contained scientific articles, essays, biographies, and literature, as well as general Jewish news.[3] The objects of Smolenskin were to spread Enlightenment and knowledge of the Hebrew language, and particularly to oppose obscurantism.[4] Its publication was interrupted several times for lack of support. Ha-Shaḥar greatly influenced the Haskalah movement, especially in Russia, where it was well known. It was read secretly in the yeshivot, in private houses, and in the batte midrashot.[5]
Contributors
Among the periodical's contributors were:[3][1]
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
- Mordekhai David Brandstetter
- Reuben Asher Braudes
- Salomon Buber
- Menaḥem Mendel Dolitzki
- Israel Frenkel
- Abraham Shalom Friedberg
- David Frischmann
- Judah Leib Gordon
- Avrom Ber Gotlober
- Hayyim Jonah Gurland
- Alexander Harkavy
- Ish-Shalom
- Adolf Jellinek
- Bertha Kreidmann
- Adam ha-Kohen
- David Kahana
- Isaac Kaminer
- Abraham Krochmal
- Hayyim Tzvi Lerner
- Yehudah Leib Levin
- Joshua Lewinsohn
- Aaron Liebermann
- Moshe Leib Lilienblum
- Salomon Mandelkern
- Joel Müller
- I. L. Peretz
- Jacob Reifmann
- Solomon Rubin
- Senior Sachs
- Isaac Hirsch Weiss
- Ze'ev Yavetz
- Samuel Leib Zitron
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Ha-Shaḥar". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 250.