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Manasseh of Ilya (Menashe, 1767–1831), known by his pseudonym Ben Porat, was a Talmudist, rabbi and forerunner of the haskalah, or Jewish englightenment. Born in Smorgon before relocating to Ilya, he shifted from focusing on the Talmud to secular sciences and learning such as higher mathematics. Manesseh was a conservative and a humanitarian, expressing ideas of unity and cooperation in secular and Jewish learning. His writings can be seen as a blending of Talmudic thought and European enlightenment philosophy. He can be seen as a precursor of modernity among Eastern European Jews.

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1. "The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe". encyclopedia.yivo.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
2. Lempertienė, Lara (2019-09-25), "Jewish Literature and the Jewish Press in Lithuania in the Nineteenth and the First Half of the Twentieth Century", The History of Jews in Lithuania, Brill Schöningh, pp. 185–201, ISBN 978-3-657-70575-7, retrieved 2024-12-22
3. Barzilay, Isaac E. (1984). "Manasseh of Ilya (1767-1831) as Talmudist". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 74 (4): 345–378. doi:10.2307/1454276. ISSN 0021-6682.
4. Barzilay, Isaac E. (1984). "Manasseh of Ilya (1767-1831) and the European Enlightenment". Jewish Social Studies. 46 (1): 1–8. ISSN 0021-6704.
5. Barzilay, Isaac E. (1983). "Acceptance or Rejection: Manasseh of Ilya's (1767-1831) Ambivalent Attitude toward Hasidism". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 74 (1): 1–20. doi:10.2307/1454059. ISSN 0021-6682.
6. Barzilay, Isaac (1999). Manasseh of Ilya: Precursor of Modernity Among the Jews of Eastern Europe. Magnes Press, Hebrew University. ISBN 978-965-223-990-7.

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