Simon Naschér

Sinai Simon Naschér (16 March 1841 – 25 July 1901) was a Hungarian Jewish religious leader and writer.

Biography Naschér was born to a rabbinic family in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, the son of Eva and Rabbi Moses Naschér. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Nascher, served as rabbi of Bielitz, Austrian Silesia, while his maternal grandfather, Beer Simandel-Nicolauer, was a rabbi in Liptó-Szent-Miklós. Naschér was educated at the gymnasium in Baja as a student of . He later studied in Berlin, where he was ordained by the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums and received his Ph.D. from the University.

From 1866 he was a rabbi and preacher in Berlin, and delivered sermons at the Orthodox Schochare Hattob Congregation synagogue on . He was, however, eventually forced to resign in 1880 on account of the deterioration of his mental health. From then on he lived in retirement at Baja.