Marcus Lehmann

Late 19th century portrait of Rabbi Marcus Lehmann, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland. Marcus or Meyer Lehmann or Meir Lehmann (29 December 1831 – 14 April 1890) was a leading German Orthodox rabbi and author.

Rabbinical career After graduating from the gymnasium, Lehmann studied in Halberstadt under Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer. He then went to Berlin University, and thence to Prague, to continue his theological and secular studies. He was graduated Ph.D. from the University of Halle.

In 1853 the congregation of Mainz, when building its new temple, provided for the introduction of an organ. Those of the members who were opposed to this innovation organized a Religionsgesellschaft (private religious society—it was illegal to form a new community until 1871), which in 1854 extended to Lehmann a call as rabbi and preacher. Akiva The Family Y Aguilar The Adopted Princess Rabbi Yoselman of Rosheim Unpaid Ransom Out of the Depths Faith and Courage Portrait of Two Families Between Two Worlds Rabbenu Gershom Meor Hagolah Bustenai Royal Resident The Count of Coucy Ithamar Just In Time (1867) Rabbi Elchanan; The Kings Son-in-Law; The Abandoned (1869) Count or Jew (1870) Sowing and Reaping (1872) Suss Oppenheim (1876) Benjamin (1878) Esther Chiera (1880) A Century Ago; Two Sisters (1882) Parthenope; The Widow's Son; A Tale of the Reaction (1883) Vanished; Never Despair (1886) Nahemiah