Aaron Simeon Spira-Wedeles
Aaron Simeon Spira-Wedeles (born between 1594 and 1600 in Prague ; died on December 3, 1679 there ) was a Jewish scholar and rabbi .
To have because of a false accusation, killing causes a person to be baptized, he was imprisoned for two years and finally got - after payment of 8,000 guilders - a charter by Leopold I . His sarcophagus shows a pictorial representation of the process.
literature
- Tobias Jakobovits: The experiences of the chief rabbi Simon Spira-Wedeles (1640–1679). In: Samuel Steinherz (ed.): Yearbooks of the Society for the History of Jews in the Czechoslovak Republic 1929 to 1936. Volume IV, 1932. Textor Verlag, pages 252–296.
Weblinks (English)
- 2. Aaron Simeon Spira , Jewish Encyclopaedia
- Entry on Ancestry.com
- Spira / Spiro Family Genealogy on Ancestry.com
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| SURNAME | Spira-Wedeles, Aaron Simeon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedeles-Spira, Aaron Simon; Frankel-Spira, Aharon Simon; Spira, Aaron Simeon; Spira, Aaron Wolf; Spira, Aharon Simon; Spira, Aron Simeon; Spiro, Aaron Simeon; Spiro, Simon; Spira-Wedeles, Aaron Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar and rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1594 and 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1679 |
| Place of death | Prague |