Jacob Joseph Oettinger

Jacob Joseph Oettinger
Position Chief rabbi of Berlin
Began 1825
Ended 1860
Personal details
Birth name הרב יעקב יוסף עטטינגר
Born 1780
Glogau, Silesia, Prussia
Died 1860
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German

Rabbi Jacob Joseph Oettinger (Hebrew: הרב יעקב יוסף עטטינגר[1] 1780 – 1860), a native of Glogau, acted as the final chief rabbi of Berlin between 1825 and 1860,[2] and served for some time as the dean of Berlin's rabbinical college.[3] Oettinger was also known as an opponent of Leopold Zunz.[4]

References

  1. with a doubled ט in accordance with the spelling of his name in his approbation for Cassel, David (1848). Teshuvot geʼonim ḳadmonim. Berlin: Fridlendershe bukhdruḳerai. p. Approbation, p.1. OCLC 19156656.
  2. "Berlin". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. Deutsch, G. (1904). Central Conference of American Rabbis, vol. 13. Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore Press. p. 341.
  4. "What color was Rashi's shirt? Who said it and why?". On the Main Line. "Mississippi Fred MacDowell". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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