Shlomo Bistritzky

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Shlomo Bistritzky (born 1977 in Jerusalem ) is a German Orthodox rabbi and state rabbi of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg .

Life

Bistritzky was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Safed . His grandfather was a merchant in Hamburg and his father was chief rabbi. After attending the yeshiva school in Safed, he studied in New York and Manchester and in 1999 in Berlin Jewish law .

He later received his ordination as a rabbi in Berlin and in 2003 from the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Bakshi-Doron , which legitimized him to work as a rabbi in the diaspora . In 2003 he moved to Hamburg with his wife Chani, with whom he has six children. Here he initially worked as the envoy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Jewish community and is currently head of the Hamburg Chabad Center in the Rotherbaumchausse.

Bistritzky takes a strictly orthodox view of Judaism. Although he distances himself from demands made by other Orthodox to enforce strict gender segregation not only in the synagogue but also in public life, “because arguments and conflicts do not help”, he refuses, for example, to shake hands with women on the basis of Jewish laws.

In January 2012, he was appointed regional rabbi in Hamburg by the Jewish community.

On June 20, 2019, there was an anti-Semitic incident at Hamburg City Hall . The state rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky and the board member of the Hamburg Jewish Community Eliezer Noe were attacked, insulted and spat at in front of the police. The alleged perpetrator - a 45-year-old Moroccan - was arrested by police with considerable resistance. He had to be restrained with handcuffs and spit around in such a way that he was put on a so-called spit protection hood .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Central Council of Jews in Germany Kdö.R .: Chabad Center: Hamburger Familienbande | Jewish general. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
  2. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg: Current News - Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ Jewish life on the Grindel: Hamburg is so kosher . In: MOPO.de . ( mopo.de [accessed on October 25, 2018]).
  4. ↑ A rabbi you can touch . World, January 22, 2012
  5. ↑ Shlomo Bistritzky becomes the new Hamburg state rabbi . In: bild.de . ( bild.de [accessed October 25, 2018]).
  6. ↑ World, June 21, 2019
  7. ↑ shz.de, June 21, 2019
  8. ↑ Spiegel online, June 21, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Bistritzky, Shlomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orthodox rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerusalem , Israel