Benedict Zuckermann

Benedict Zuckermann was a Jewish scholar, mathematician, calendrist, and long-serving teacher at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau. Educated in both traditional Jewish and secular disciplines, he became a specialist in the Jewish calendar, Jewish chronology, and the mathematical aspects of rabbinic literature. Known for his strict Orthodox observance and personal modesty, Zuckermann published several important works on the Jewish calendar and related subjects and contributed to the Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums.