Where does the term Bobbe Maase Come From?
It is not a Bubbeh Ma'aseh. It is a Boveh
Ma'aseh
Reb Eliyahu Bachur*was the typesetter (Zetser) of the
first printed Shas.(Bomberg) From then on, whenever
a printing mistake is found in any Sefer, we put the blame on
the " Bachur Hazetser”.
He wrote many Seforim on Dikduk ,Mesorah and Ta’amim.
He was the first to translate the Chumash in Yiddish.
He wrote and translated
other Seforim and books in Yiddish.
He translated (Yiddish) a story about a prince called
Boveh Dantuna. This book was called “Boveh Buch”.
Boveh Buch was the first Yiddish novel .
The expression Bubbeh Ma’ases, referred to the
Boveh Buch which was a fiction. It has nothing to do with a
grandmother(Bubbeh) but a prince called Boveh.
*Most
Seforim quote him, as “Habachur”
It is
unknown why he was called Habachur,
Because
he was a married man.
Some
speculate that he got married late
and
Habachur remained stuck to his name. Others claim
Habachur
means the chosen.
Click here to see a beautiful tefila from Reb Eliyahu Bachur
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