Jakob Löwenstein

Jakob Koppel Löwenstein (also Moshe Yaakov Kopel HaLevi Lewenstein; August 17, 1799, in Bruchsal – July 27, 1869, in Tauberbischofsheim) was a German rabbi and writer in Baden.

Biography Jakob Löwenstein was the son of Joseph Löwenstein. He studied first at the Yeshiva in Bruchsal, then from 1813 in Karlsruhe under Ascher Löw and Aron Ettlinger (father of Jacob Ettlinger, friend of Jakob Löwenstein from his youth), from 1816 in Mainz under Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer, from 1820 in Hanau under Moses (Moshe Tuvia) Sontheim, –1923), Judith (born 16 September 1845) and Joseph (born 29 December 1847).

From 1829 to 1851 he was district rabbi in Gailingen. He was a representative of the so-called neo-orthodoxy. In July 1852 he took over the district rabbinate in Tauberbischofsheim, a position he held until his death.

Works Löwenstein authored Menorah Tehorah (in German) in opposition of the reformists. The book was printed in Schaffhausen in 1835.