Hartwig Naftali Carlebach (1889–1967), known as Naphtali, was a leading

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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 (1853–1920), the daughter of the former rabbi of Lübeck, Alexander Sussmann Adler (1816–1869), and Lübeck's then rabbi Salomon (Shlomo) Carlebach (1845–1919). Four of his brothers were rabbis as well. They are 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 Ephraim Carlebach (1879–1936). The

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family is a notable Jewish family originally from Germany that now lives all over the world. He was the rabbi of the Passauerstrasse Synagogue of

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from 1917 to 1931. From 1931 to 1938 Naphtali Carlebach was Chief Rabbi of Baden near Vienna, Austria. In 1950 Carlebach assumed the spiritual leadership of Congregation Kehilath Jacob, "The Carlebach Shul," located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After his death in 1967, his sons

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. ...

and Eli Chaim Carlebach took over his position.

References

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