LASCH, GERSHON:
German teacher and author; born in 1803; died at Halberstadt March 3, 1883. In 1823 he was appointed instructor at the Jewish school in Halberstadt, where he later became professor. Besides several small school-books, Lasch published the following: "Zwei Reden, Gehalten zur Gedächtnisfeier und Huldigungsfeier in der Synagoge zu Halberstadt," Halberstadt, 1841; "Gesch. der Israelitischen Schule zu Halberstadt, Dargestellt in Zwei Reden zur Fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier," Nordhausen, 1847; "Piḳḳude Adonai, die Göttlichen Gesetze aus den Zehn Geboten Entwickelt und in Ihrem Geiste Aufgefasst," Leipsic, 1857.
