Eliezer Löb (1837 in
Pfungstadt
Pfungstadt () is a town of 25,029 inhabitants (2020), in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the state of Hesse, Germany.
History
The town was first mentioned in 785 as property of the Monastery of Lorsch and got its town rights in 1886 due to ...
, Grand Duchy of
Hesse
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– January 23, 1892 in
Altona, Hamburg
Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the Germany, German States of Germany, city state of Hamburg. Located on the right bank of the Elbe river, Alton ...
) was a German
rabbi
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. He was educated at the
gymnasium of
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
and at the
University of Giessen
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...
, and received his rabbinical instruction chiefly under
Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach
Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach (1808 – 30 September 1872) was a German rabbi and one of the most prominent leaders of modern Orthodox Judaism.
Benjamin received his first instruction from his father, subsequently studying at the ''yeshibot'' of Kref ...
, rabbi of Darmstadt, whose daughter he married. At first he was principal of the Jüdische Realschule in his native city, founded by him (1857–61). Subsequently he was called to the rabbinate of
Ichenhausen
Ichenhausen is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Günz, 9 km south of Günzburg.
History Early history
The Lords of Roth had been feudal lord of the village since the early 14th centur ...
,
Bavaria
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, where he remained until 1873, when he was called to succeed
Jacob Ettlinger
Jacob Ettlinger (17 March 1798 – 7 December 1871) () was an Ashkenazi rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism. He is sometimes referred to as the ''Aruch la-Ner'' (ערוך לנר), after his best-known publication.
Biog ...
as chief rabbi of
Altona. He contributed to the ''Jüdische Presse'', and prepared for publication H. J. Michael's bibliographical work ''Or ha-Chayyim'' but ill health prevented him from completing his labor, which was finished by A. Berliner. A rabbinical work by him, ''Dammeseq Eli'ezer'' remained in manuscript. He was a devoted worker for
Orthodox
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communal affairs and was for years a trustee of the Hildesheimer Seminary at
Berlin
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.
References
Jewish Encyclopedia:By :
Isidore Singer
Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an Austrian-born American encyclopedist and editor of '' The Jewish Encyclopedia'' and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
Biography
Singer was born in 1859 in ...
and
Gotthard Deutsch
Gotthard Deutsch (; 31 January 1859 – 14 October 1921) was a scholar of Jewish history.
Education
Deutsch was born in Dolní Kounice, Moravia, Austria, as Eliezer Deutsch, the son of Bernhard L. Deutsch, a merchant, and Elise Wiener. He ...
*
German Orthodox rabbis
19th-century German rabbis
1837 births
1892 deaths
Rabbis from Hamburg
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