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Holdheim, Samuel, Rabbiner

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Dr. Samuel Holdheim (1806 Kempen/Prussia -1860 Berlin), rabbi, the most prominent, and certainly the most controversial, of the Jewish religious reformers in Germany; in 1838 he was appointed rabbi of Frankfurt on the Oder, and in 1840 Landesrabbiner to the rabbinate Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Holdheim supported the Hamburg Temple Prayerbook in 1841; in 1846 he was chosen rabbi of the new Berlin congregation "Jüdische Reformgenossenschaft", and held this position until his death 1860 --

Reference Code
P43
Dates
1833 -1867
Consists of
12 files.
Languages
German;
Description
The collection consists of a few personal documents, letters as well as papers in his capacity mostly as a rabbi in Berlin.
Title Holdheim, Samuel, Rabbiner.
Additional Titles Über die Autonomie der Rabbinen
Contributors Paul,Holdheim 1847-1904
NatanSolomon
Host Item Holdheim, Samuel - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Samuel Holdheim (1806 Kępno (Kempen/Prussia) Poland – 1860 Berlin), was at the forefront of the Reform movement in Germany, advancing even beyond positions held by Abraham Geiger (1810–1874). Born into a traditional orthodox family, Holdheim began his education in yeshiva
he supplemented his Jewish learning with studies in philosophy at the Universities of Prague and Berlin, and received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1839.
From 1836 to 1840 Holdheim officiated as a rabbi at Frankfurt on the Oder. In 1839 his sermons "Gottesdienstliche Vorträge" were published. In Frankfurt he got violently into conflict with the orthodox party, and in 1840 became Landesrabbiner (rabbi of a whole province) to Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Three years later he published his controversial and important book "Über die Autonomie der Rabbinen". During the rabbinical conferences of 1844 - 1846, which elaborated the ideology of Reform Judaism, Holdheim played a dominant role. In 1847 he became rabbi of the Jüdische Reformgenossenschaft (“Congregation of the Jewish Reform Alliance”) in Berlin, and there exercised considerable influence on the course of Jewish reform. Holdheim served there until his death in 1860.
Holdheim was married 1836 in a second marriage to Caecilie Salomon (1813-1889), daughter of Nathan S. from Frankfurt on the Oder. His son was the Frankfurt lawyer Paul Holdheim (1847-1904).
Ownership history From Gesamtarchiv, KGe2
Language Note All handwritten documents are written in German Kurrent (German cursive handwriting)
National Library system number 990043214110205171
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