'The young man Mordechai Tzvi, native of Radoshkevich'), was a Russian Hebrew lyric poet, translator, and artist.

[2] Maneh's parents encouraged his early artistic talent and, in 1876, he enrolled in the Vilna Art School.

In 1880 Maneh received an offer of admission to the prestigious Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.

[4] During his time at the academy, Maneh published poetry and articles on the visual arts in the Hebrew publications Ha-Melitz and Ha-Tzfira, under the pseudonym Ha-Metzayer.

[5] A ritual of frequent memorial ceremonies at Maneh's grave developed in his hometown, that continued to be observed for a number of decades after his death.