Hayyim Selig Slonimski
Ḥayyim Selig ben Ya'akov Slonimski (Yiddish: חַיִּים זֶעלִיג בֶּן יַעֲקֹב סלאָנימסקי) (March 31, 1810 – May 15, 1904), also known by his acronym ḤaZaS (חז״ס), was a Hebrew publisher, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, science writer, and rabbi. He was among the first to write books on science for a broad Jewish audience, and was the founder of Ha-Tsfira, the first Hebrew-language newspaper with an emphasis on the sciences.
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Ḥayyim Selig Slonimski | |
| Native name | חַיִּים זֶעלִיג בֶּן יַעֲקֹב סלאָנימסקי |
| Born | March 31, 1810 Bialystok, Russian Empire (present-day Poland) |
| Died | May 15, 1904 (aged 94) Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland |
| Resting place | Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery |
| Notable works | Mosedei Ḥokmah, Sefer Kukba di-Shebit, Toledot ha-Shamayim |
| Notable awards | Demidov Prize (1844) |
| Spouse | Reiza Rivhas Neches
(m. 1828; div. 1836)Sara Gitel Stern
(m. 1842; died 1897) |
| Relatives | Antoni Słonimski (grandson), Mikhail Slonimsky (grandson), Nicolas Slonimsky (grandson) |
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