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Lindau became a member of the circle of the [[Haskalah|maskilim]] in Berlin, publishing a series of articles on science and scientific instruments in ''[[Me'assefim|ha-Me'assef]]''. He was a counselor of the maskilic association ''Chevrat shocharai Ha'tov ve'hatushiya'' and contributed translations of several ''[[Haftarah|haftarot]]'' to German for [[Moses Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s ''[[Biurists|Bi'ur]]'' project.{{r|aleph|page=287}}

In 1789, he published his most successful work: ''[[:he:ראשית לימודים|Reshit Limmudim]]'', a Hebrew scientific textbook containing sections on astronomy, physics, biology, and geography. The second part of ''Reshit Limmudim'' was publisherpublished in 1810, devoted to physics, chemistry, and mechanics.{{r|aleph|page=286}} The work remained a popular scientific encyclopedia among European Jews for nearly a century.<ref>{{cite book|title=המשכילים במדעים: חינוך יהודי למדעים במרחב דובר הגרמנית בעת החדשה|first=Tal|last=Kogman|language=Hebrew|publisher=Magnes Press|pages=54-56|isbn=978-965-493-723-8|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D.html?id=XIqsjgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y}}</ref>

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