Jair Chaim Bacharach

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Title page of Chawwot Jair , printed in Lviv in 1894

Jair Chajim ben Samson Bacharach (* 1639 , probably in Leipnik in Moravia ; † January 1, 1702 in Worms ) was a rabbi and Jewish scholar, author of responses under the title Chawwot Jair and, most recently, rabbi of the Jewish community in Worms .

Life

Jair Chajim Bacharach was initially a rabbi in Koblenz and came to Worms in 1670, where he initially taught as a rabbi without a community rabbinate . Here he experienced the destruction of the city in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 by the troops of King Ludwig XIV. He fled one after the other to Metz , Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main .

It was not until 1699 before the Jewish community could return to the city. The newly constituting congregation appointed Jair Chajim Bacharach to the office of congregation rabbi , which he only exercised for a short time because he died in 1702. He was buried in Heiligen Sand , the Jewish cemetery in Worms. According to the old inventory, his tombstone bears the number 1068. He has not (yet) been recorded by the new inventory by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute .

plant

Jair Chajim Bacharach left an extensive literary work of 50 anthologies of scientific content. He was a Kabbalist and at times a follower of the pseudo-messiah Shabbtai Zvi .

family

His grandmother was Eva Bacharach . He was married to Sarlan († 1703 in Worms), daughter of the Fulda rabbi Elieser Brilin. Her tombstone on the Holy Sand is also preserved. She was buried there next to her husband. According to the old inventory, your tombstone bears the number 1064. It has not (yet) been recorded in the new inventory by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute .

literature

in alphabetical order by authors / editors

  • Otto Böcher : The old Jewish cemetery in Worms = Rheinische Kunststätten 148th 7th edition. Neusser Verlag und Druckerei, Neuss 1992. ISBN 3-88094-711-2
  • David Kaufmann: On the history of Jewish families 2 = R. Jair Chajim Bacharach (1638–1702) and his ancestors . Trier, 1894.
  • Fritz Reuter : Warmaisa: 1000 years of Jews in Worms . 3. Edition. Self-published, Worms 2009. ISBN 978-3-8391-0201-5

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Böcher, p. 8, states: 1628 in Mährisch Brod.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Reuter: Warmaisa: 1000 years , p. 55.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Böcher, p. 8.
  3. ↑ a b Reuter: Warmaisa: 1000 years , p. 56.
  4. ↑ a b Epidat: Worms Jewish Cemetery .
personal data
SURNAME Bacharach, Jair Chaim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bacharach, Jair Chajim ben Samson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar and rabbinical authority
DATE OF BIRTH 1628 or 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Lipník nad Bečvou
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1702
Place of death Worms