Mendele Mocher Sforim (Yiddish: ??????? ???? ???????, Hebrew: ????? ???? ?????, also known as Moykher, Sfarim; lit.
"Mendele the book peddler"; January 2, 1836, Kapyl – December 8, 1917 [N.S.], Odessa), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich (Yiddish: ???? ????? ??????????????, Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????? – Solomon Moiseyevich Abramovich) or S.
J.
Abramowitch, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.