Ephraim Carlebach (March 12, 1879 in

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– 1936 in

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), was a German-born Orthodox

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Biography

Carlebach belonged to a well-known German rabbi family. His father Salomon Carlebach (1845–1919) was rabbi in Lübeck. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He attended the Katharineum school in Lübeck, where he befriended his schoolmate

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, as the latter recalled. Four of his brothers were rabbis as well. They were Emanuel Carlebach (1874-1927),

Joseph Carlebach Joseph Hirsch (Tzvi) Carlebach (January 30, 1883, Lübeck, German Empire – March 26, 1942, Biķerniecki forest, near Riga, Latvia) was an Orthodox rabbi and Jewish-German scholar and natural scientist (''Naturwissenschaftler''). Early li ...

(1883–1942), David Carlebach (1885–1913) and

Hartwig Naftali Carlebach Hartwig Naftali Carlebach (1889–1967), known as Naphtali, was a leading rabbi in Berlin, Germany; Baden, Austria; and Manhattan, New York. Biography Hartwig Naftali Carlebach was born in 1889, the eleventh of 12 children of Esther Adler (185 ...

(1889–1967).Sabine Niemann (ed.): ''Die Carlebachs, eine Rabbinerfamilie aus Deutschland'', Ephraim-Carlebach-Stiftung (ed.). Dölling und Galitz. Hamburg 1995, Carlebach is most known for his work in founding

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schools in Germany, notably

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, from 1900. He was a leading figure in the construction of the and the synagogue ''Etz Chaim''. In 1924, he was appointed the chief Orthodox Rabbi of Leipzig. In 1935, Carlebach moved to the

where he died in 1936. His son Esriel Carlebach was the founder and first editor of the newspaper

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. His nephew

Shlomo Carlebach Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. ...

was known as "The Singing Rabbi".

References

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