Hersh Leib Sigheter pen name of Hersh (Hirsch) Leib Gotlieb (or Gottlieb, was a Romania

Romania

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n Jew who, even before the advent of what is generally considered to be professional Yiddish theater, wrote satirical Yiddish-language Purim

Purim

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther .Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th...

 plays on an annual basis and hired boys to play in them. Although often objected to by rabbi

Rabbi

In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...

s, these plays were popular, and were performed not only on Purim but for as much as a week afterwards in various locations.

Under his own name, Gotlieb was also a famous translator, journalist and editor of newspapers in what is now Sighetu Marmaţiei

Sighetu Marmatiei

Sighetu Marmației , formerly Sighet, is a city in Maramureş County near the Iza River, in north-western Romania. It administers five villages: Iapa, Lazu Baciului, Șugău, Valea Cufundoasă and Valea Hotarului.-Geography:...

, Romania .