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Rabbi Jechiel Jaakov Weinberg (also Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg , Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg or Jehiel Jacob Weinberg ; born 1884 in Ciechanowiec , Poland ; died 1966 in Montreux , Switzerland ) was an Orthodox rabbi , Posek , Talmud scholar and Rosh-Yeshiva (rector of the von Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer established rabbinical seminar in Berlin), author (among others) of the seridei eish (“remnants of fire”, collection of responses, 1961 ff.).

Life

He was born in Poland, studied and worked in Lithuania and went to Germany after the outbreak of the First World War , studied at the University of Gießen (graduation Dr. phil.), Taught at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin founded by Esriel Hildesheimer in 1873 and also became its rector in 1938 . During this time, despite rejecting the concept in his youth, he became an important exponent of neo-orthodoxy. In 1939 he emigrated from National Socialist Germany to Poland. There he was deported by the Germans to a concentration camp in 1941.

He spent the last twenty years of his life in Montreux , Switzerland .

On June 18, 2018 , a stumbling block was laid in front of his former residence, Berlin-Charlottenburg , Wilmersdorfer Straße 106 .

literature

  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .
  • Isidor Grunfeld: The Ba'al "Seride Esh" . His Torah scholarship was a bridge between East and West . In: Nisson Wolpin (Ed.): The Torah Personality . A treasury of biographical sketches / collected from the pages of “The Jewish Observer” (=  Artscroll Judaiscope series ). Mesorah Publ., Brooklyn (NY) 1981, ISBN 0-89906-850-2 , pp. 99-105 ( matzav.com [accessed September 29, 2010]).
  • Judith Bleich: Between East and West . Modernity and Traditionalism in the Writings of Rabbi Yehi'el Ya'akov Weinberg . In: Moshe Z. Sokol (Ed.): Engaging Modernity . Rabbinic Leaders and the Challenge of the Twentieth Century (=  Orthodox Forum series ). J. Aronson, Northvale (NJ) 1997, ISBN 1-56821-908-3 , pp. 169-273 .
  • Marc B. Shapiro: Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy . The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884–1966 . 1st edition. Littman Library, London / Portland (Or.) 1999, ISBN 1-874774-52-8 (the 2nd edition appeared in 2002, ISBN 1-874774-91-9 ).
  • Jeffrey R. Woolf: The Legacy of Yehiel Jacob Weinberg . In: Azure . Ideas for the Jewish Nation . No. 12 (winter). Shalem Press, 2002, ISSN  0793-6664 , pp. 202–210 ( azure.org.il [accessed September 24, 2013] A review of Shapiro's book above, except for criticism of Shapiro, contains additional information about Weinberg).

Web links

Commons : Jechiel Jaakov Weinberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Weinberg, Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov. In: Judaism 101. Great Leaders of our People . Orthodox Union , accessed September 29, 2010 (English, short biography).
  • Yitzchak Blue: Modern Rabbinic Thought . In: The Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash. Yeshivat Har Etzion, accessed September 29, 2010 (English, lessons 31–36 are devoted to the life and works of Weinberg).
personal data
SURNAME Weinberg, Jechiel Jaakov
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weinberg, Yechiel Yaakov; Weinberg, Jehiel Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION orthodox rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Ciechanowiec , Poland
DATE OF DEATH 1966
Place of death Montreux , Switzerland