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Nathan Löb David Zimmer
Nathan Löb David Zimmer (28 January 1830, Fürth – 10 June 1895, London) was a Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavarian-born English businessman, scholar, and Kabbalah, Kabbalist. Born in Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria into a pious Jewish family, Zimmer immigrated to England in about 1850 and entered business as an importer of toys and fancy goods. He was primarily engrossed with the study of ''Halakha'', however, and especially with the more Western esotericism, esoteric Rabbinic literature, commentaries. His knowledge of the Kabbalah, and especially of ''gematria'', was profound, and Astronomy, astronomical calculations also had a strong attraction for him. Zimmer compiled an elaborate Family tree, genealogical table of the List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations, Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom, and was a frequent contributor to the Jewish periodical press on questions of astronomical calculation and of ritual. He was one of the original founders of the Federation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only apart. Fürth is one of 23 "major centres" in Bavaria. Fürth, Nuremberg, Erlangen and some smaller towns form the "Middle Franconian Conurbation", which is one of the 11 German metropolitan regions. Fürth celebrated its thousand year anniversary in 2007, its first mention being on 1 November 1007. Geography The historic centre of the town is to the east and south of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which join to form the Regnitz to the northwest of the Old Town. To the west of the town, on the far side of the Main-Danube Canal, is the Fürth municipal forest (''Fürther Stadtwald''). To the east of Fürth, at roughly the same latitude, lies Nuremberg, and to the north is the fertile market-gardening area know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
