R' Herz [Avraham-Naftali-Herz] Scheuer, A.B.D. Mayence (Mainz)

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R' Herz [Avraham-Naftali-Herz] Scheuer, A.B.D. Mayence (Mainz)

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Birthplace: Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death: October 10, 1822 (68-69)
Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer and Bella Scheuer
Husband of Perl Scheuer
Father of Bella Bondi and Baruch (Herz) Scheuer
Half brother of Rabbi Michel Scheuer; Melche Uffenheimer; Geldche Scheuer and Sara Rachel Scheuer

Occupation: Rabbi of Mainz
Managed by: Adam Robert Brown
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About R' Herz [Avraham-Naftali-Herz] Scheuer, A.B.D. Mayence (Mainz)

Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1753 to his father Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer. He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over from his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died in 1822. He is known for his halakhic ruling against the use of an organ in synagogues in the book Eleh Dibre ha-B'rit.

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Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was a German Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1753 to Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer and his second wife (daughter of Rabbi Nathan Otiz, rabbi of Bamberg).

He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over from his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died on October 10, 1822.[1] He is known for his halakhic ruling against the use of an organ in synagogues in the book Eleh Dibre ha-B'rit (Altona 1819).

Notable students
Jakob Löwenstein
Notes

See Moshe Samet, Ha-Shinuyim b'Sidrei Beit-ha-K'neset, Asufot 5, Jerusalem 1991, 345-404: p. 377.
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R' Herz [Avraham-Naftali-Herz] Scheuer, A.B.D. Mayence (Mainz)'s Timeline

1753
1753
Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1768
1768
Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1776
1776
1822
October 10, 1822
Age 69
Mainz, Darmstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany