Editing Dov Ber of Mezeritch (section)

==Name==
The most common transliterations are Dov-Ber, Dov Baer and DovBer; rarely used forms are Dob Ber or Dobh Ber, which often depend on the region in [[Eastern Europe]] where Jews resided and hence the influence of the local [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] dialects. The name דוב-בער ''Dov-Ber'' is traceable back to the {{langx|he|דב|translit=dov|lit=bear}}, and {{langx|yi|בער|translit=ber|lit=bear}}.<ref name="language">[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]] (2003), [[Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew]]. [[Palgrave Macmillan]]. {{ISBN|9781403917232}} / {{ISBN|9781403938695}} [http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781403917232]</ref>{{rp|138}} It is thus an example of a [[pleonasm#Bilingual tautological expressions|bilingual tautological name]].

Dov Ber of Mezeritch was known as the ''[[Maggid]]''—"Preacher" or literally "Sayer," one who preaches and admonishes to go in God's ways—of [[Mezritsh]] (the German form ''Meseritz'' is sometimes used instead of ''Mezeritch''). Towards the end of his life he was also known as the ''Maggid'' of [[Rivne]], the town where he was buried.