About Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer
Lived 1753 – 1822 (aged 68–69). Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was a rabbi.
Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was a German Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1753 to Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer and his second wife (daughter of Rabbi Nathan Otiz, rabbi of Bamberg).
He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over from his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died on October 10, 1822. He is known for his halakhic ruling against the use of an organ in synagogues in the book Eleh Dibre ha-B'rit (Altona 1819).
Notable students Jakob Löwenstein
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German rabbi
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Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was born in 1753 in Frankfurt.
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Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer died in 1822 in Mainz.
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Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was a rabbi.
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