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Lot #
10681
Auction End Date
5/24/2005 2:04:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Der Austritt aus der Gemeinde
Author
R. Samson Raphael Hirsch
City
Frankfort am Main
Publisher
J. Kauffmann
Publication Date
1904
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
20 pp., 210:137 mm., usual age staining, wide margins. A very good copy bound in modern boards.
Detailed
Description
R. Samson b. Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888) was the leader and foremost exponent of Orthodoxy in Germany in the 19th century. Born in Hamburg, Hirsch studied Talmud there with his grandfather R. Mendel Frankfurter. His education was also influenced by rabbis Jacob Ettlinger and Isaac Bernays, and by his father, R. Raphael (who had changed his surname from Frankfurter to Hirsch). R. Hirsch's importance as a religious spiritual leader, his wide influence as a preacher and teacher, organizer and writer, made him a dedicated champion of Orthodoxy in its controversy with the Reform-liberal Judaism. While advocating strict adherence to halakhah, R. Hirsch tried to find a solution to the political and cultural challenges presented in modern life to Judaism. He considered his view of Judaism not as a system of philosophical speculation but as an explication of the Sinaitic revelation. Despite widespread opposition to his ideas from many circles in German Jewry his personal qualities won their respect and admiration.
Reference
Description
I. Grunfeld, Three Generations: The Influence of Samson Raphael Hirsch on Jewish Life and Thought (1958), incl. extensive bibliography; EJ
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Period
20th Century:
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Location
Germany:
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Subject
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Language:
German
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
