In 1779 he interdicted Moses Mendelssohn's German translation of the Pentateuch. Salomon Maimon, in his Lebensgeschichte (pp 280 et seq. ), highly praises Hirsch Janow for his benevolence.
In 1779, he banned Moses Mendelssohn's German rendition of the Pentateuch. In his Lebensgeschichte (pp 280 et seq.), Salomon Maimon praises Hirsch Janow greatly for his benevolence.