Sanwel Brandenburg
Sanwel Brandenburg (died September 6, 1791 in Berlin ) was a German rabbi .
Live and act
Sanwel Brandenburg was the son of Pinchas Brandenburg. He became a rabbi in Wollstein , Greater Poland . In 1767 he became rabbi in (Alt-) Strelitz , and in 1772 Dajan in Berlin. It is believed that he accumulated both offices. He was the chief rabbi of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
Brandenburg was married to Elke Halberstadt (died 1773), daughter of Joel Halberstadt, and then to Mirel Eckerstein (died 1793), daughter of Lipman Eckerstein.
Brandenburg's son Mordechai-Model (died 1812) was a doctor, his daughter Pessel (died 1824) was the wife of the Talmudic scholar Sanwil b. Deer Ashkenaz (died 1813).
Fonts (selection)
- Thirteen approvals, Strelitz 1769–1772, Berlin 1773–1787, see: Leopold Löwenstein : Mafteah ha-haskāmōth. Index Approval. Frankfurt am Main 1923; Reprint Hildesheim and New York 2003, p. 175 f. ( Digitized in the Freimann collection . )
Literature (selection)
- Mecklenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (LHA): Jewish Affairs Mecklenburg-Strelitz, No. 68. Schwerin.
- Jakob Hamburger : The old in the new! Cheering sermon to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Synagogue in Altstrelitz. Neustrelitz 1863, p. 16.
- Entry BRANDENBURG, Sanwel. In: Michael Brocke and Julius Carlebach (editors), edited by Carsten Wilke : Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbis. Part 1: The rabbis of the emancipation period in the German, Bohemian and Greater Poland countries 1781–1871. K G Saur, Munich 2004, p. 207, no. 186.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenburg, Sanwel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1791 |
| Place of death | Berlin |