Austrian rabbi; born at Strassnitz, Moravia, about 1790; died at Eibenschütz Dec. 26, 1859. He received his first instruction from his father, Ḥayyim, rabbi in Strassnitz, afterward continuing his studies under Baruch Fränkel, rabbi in Leipnik, where he married. About 1830 he was called as rabbi to Eibenschütz, where he remained until his death. Two of his sons, David and Joachim, became rabbis, and his daughter Hinde married Isaac Hirsch Weiss. Responsa of his are found in the collection of Moses Sofer (Yoreh De'ah, No. 345) and in the Hebrew supplement of "Der Treue Zionswächter."
Bibliography: Wertheimer, Jahrbuch für Israeliten, vii. 155-156, Vienna, 1860;
Dembitzer, Kelilat Yofi, ii. 58b, Cracow, 1893;
Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 178;
Eisenstadt-Wiener, Da'at Ḳedoshim, pp. 172, 176;
Deborah, 1902, pp. 7, 86.
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