About Solomon Breuer
Lived 1850 – 1926 (aged 76). Solomon Breuer was a Hungarian rabbi.
Solomon (Shlomo Zalman) Breuer (27 June 1850 – 17 July 1926) was a Hungarian-born German rabbi, initially in Pápa, Hungary, and from the early 1890s in Frankfurt as a successor of his father-in-law Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Life and work Solomon Breuer was born in Pilisvörösvár, Hungary, and some of his responsa appeared in the Hebrew volume Divrei Yosef, which mainly contained the work of his son Joseph.
Breur had eight children. Simon died in childhood. was rabbi in Aschaffenburg, Joseph Breuer taught at the Torah Lehranstalt and recreated the Frankfurt community in 1940's New York, Isaac Breuer was an ideologue of Agudat Yisrael, Moses Breuer was a linguist, a mathematician and actuary, and Joshua Breuer a pediatrician. His daughter Hannah Breuer married Edmund Meyer, a lawyer in Cologne. Breuer died in Frankfurt.
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Who was Solomon Breuer?
German rabbi (1850–1926)
When was Solomon Breuer born?
Solomon Breuer was born on 27 June 1850 in Pilisvörösvár.
When did Solomon Breuer die?
Solomon Breuer died on 17 July 1926 in Frankfurt.
What was Solomon Breuer's occupation?
Solomon Breuer was a rabbi.
What nationality was Solomon Breuer?
Solomon Breuer was Hungarian.
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