Meir Auerbach

Meir Auerbach (born February 10, 1815 in Kowel , Russian Empire ; died May 8, 1878 in Jerusalem ) was a 19th century Jewish scholar, rabbi in Kowel, Koło , Kalisz and Ashkenazi chief rabbi in Jerusalem.

At the age of 25 he became a rabbi in Kovel. From 1857 he was a rabbi in Koło and later in Kalisz. In 1860 he settled in Jerusalem, where he founded the Kehillah and Yeschiwa Ohel Jacob ( House of Jacob ) and then became the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He founded an independent Ashkenazi body for slaughtering , which led to a conflict with the Hahambaşı and his Sephardic Kehillah until 1864 , as they controlled the slaughtering until then.

In 1866, together with Rabbi Shmuel Salant , he set up the Central Committee known as Wa'ad ha-Kelali , whose task it was to manage the distribution of global donations for impoverished Ashkenazim in Palestine.

Auerbach was a defender of tradition and campaigned against reforms, especially against secular education in Jerusalem. He published his main work Imrei Bina in 1874.

Rabbi Meir Auerbach died in Jerusalem on May 8, 1878. After his death, a so-called "bet ha-midrash" was founded to preserve his memory.

Rabbi Chajim Leib Auerbach was his son.

literature

• Jakob Klatzkin, Ismar Elbogen: Encyclopaedia Judaica: Bd. Apostel-Beerajim; Volume 3 of Encyclopaedia Judaica: Judaism Past and Present . Eschkol, Berlin 1929, p. 659 .

Web links

• Jewish Encyclopedia - AUERBACH, MEIR B. ISAAC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jakob Klatzkin, Ismar Elbogen: Encyclopaedia Judaica: Bd. Apostel-Beerajim; Volume 3 of Encyclopaedia Judaica: Judaism Past and Present . Eschkol, Berlin 1929, p. 659 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Jewish Encyclopedia - AUERBACH, MEIR B. ISAAC. Retrieved July 5, 2015 . 
3. ^ Ronald L. Eisenberg: The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why . Devora Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-932687-54-5 , pp. 207 .
4. ^ Shimon Finkelman: Five great leaders . Mesorah, 2005, p. 50 .