District rabbinate Sinsheim

The Sinsheim district rabbinate was founded in Sinsheim in Baden in 1827 and was one of 15 district rabbinates , which were also known as district synagogues.

The district rabbinates were directly subordinate to the Upper Council of the Israelites of Baden . The chiefs were the district rabbi and the district elder. In matters of the rabbinical district, all local elders had to be heard once a year. The district rabbi presided. The duties of the district rabbi were performed from 1875 by the district rabbi of the Heidelberg rabbinate .

tasks

The tasks included the execution of the sovereign ordinances, the proclamation and the enforcement of the ordinances of the higher church authority , consultation on school matters, the administration of foundations and the distribution of alms . To finance the district rabbinates, levies were paid by the individual Jewish communities.

Parishes of the rabbinical district

• Jewish community of Babstadt
• Bad Rappenau Jewish community
• Jewish community of Berwangen (from 1877 to district rabbinate Bretten )
• Jewish community of Dühren
• Ehrstädt Jewish community
• Jewish community Eppingen (from 1877 part of the Bretten district rabbinate)
• Jewish community of Eschelbach
• Jewish community Gemmingen (from 1877 part of the Bretten district rabbinate)
• Jewish community of Grombach
• Jewish community Hilsbach
• Jewish community of Hoffenheim
• Hüffenhardt Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Ittlingen (from 1877 part of the Bretten district rabbinate)
• Jewish community Mühlbach (from 1877 part of the Bretten district rabbinate)
• Neckarbischofsheim Jewish community
• Neidenstein Jewish community
• Obergimpern Jewish community
• Jewish community Rohrbach (near Sinsheim)
• Jewish community of Richen
• Jewish community Schluchtern
• Jewish community of Siegelsbach
• Jewish community Sinsheim
• Jewish community of Stebbach
• Jewish community of Steinsfurt
• Jewish community Untergimpern
• Jewish community Waibstadt
• Jewish community of Weiler (near Sinsheim)
• Jewish community of Wollenberg

District rabbi

• 1827 to 1874 David Geissmar
• 1875 to 1889 Hillel Sondheimer (district rabbi in Heidelberg, since 1875 also responsible for the district rabbinate Sinsheim)

Web links

• Jewish community Sinsheim near Alemannia Judaica

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4)