Abraham Bing (1752–1841) was the Oberrabbiner (

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) of

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, and a

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there. He trained several prominent German rabbis.

Biography

Bing received his rabbinic training from the

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ist and kabbalist

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. (The latter trained, amongst others,

Moses Sofer Moses Schreiber (1762–1839), known to his own community and Jewish posterity in the Hebrew translation as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work ''Chatam Sofer'', ''Chasam Sofer'', or ''Hatam Sofer'' ( trans. ''Seal of the Scribe'', and acron ...

). From 1769 to 1778, he served as "Klaus"

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(rabbi of a small synagogue) in the town of

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. Between 1778 and 1796 he served as '' dayan'' (rabbinical judge) in Frankfurt, and from 1796 to 1814 he served as rabbi of the town in Heidingsfeld, near Würzburg (

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). In 1813 he was able to overturn a previous 250-year-old decree banning Jews from settling in Würzburg proper, and in 1814 he assumed the rabbinate of the city, where he also served as the head of a large ''

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'' (rabbinic seminary). He was an opponent of the nascent

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. Several of his pupils played a major role in nineteenth century Orthodoxy in Germany and abroad: *

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(

chief rabbi Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a ...

of the

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and author of ''Netinah la-Ger'') *

Seligman Baer Bamberger Seligman Baer (Isaac Dov) Bamberger (born Wiesenbronn, near Kitzingen, Bavaria, 6 November 1807; died Würzburg 13 October 1878) was a Talmudist and a leader of Orthodox Judaism in Germany. Between 1840 and his death he served as rabbi of Würzb ...

(rabbi of Würzburg, founder of the Würzburg teachers' seminary) *

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(rabbi in Hamburg and teacher of

Samson Raphael Hirsch Samson Raphael Hirsch (; June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was a German Orthodox rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the ''Torah im Derech Eretz'' school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Occasionally termed ''neo-Orthodoxy'', his ...

and

Azriel Hildesheimer Azriel Hildesheimer (also Esriel and Israel, yi, עזריאל הילדעסהיימער; 11 May 1820 – 12 July 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany an ...

) *

Jacob Ettlinger Jacob Ettlinger (17 March 1798 – 7 December 1871) ( he, יעקב עטלינגר) was a German rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism. He is sometimes referred to as the ''Aruch la-Ner'' (ערוך לנר), after his best- ...

(editor of ''Der Treue Zionswachter'', teacher of

and

and author of ''Aruch la-Ner'') *

Jakob Löwenstein Jakob Koppel Löwenstein (also Moshe Yaakov Kopel HaLevi Lewenstein; August 17 1799 in Bruchsal – July 27 1869 in Tauberbischofsheim) was a German rabbi and writer in Baden. Biography Jakob Löwenstein was the son of Joseph Löwenstein. He st ...

(author and rabbi in

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) *

Abraham Rice Abraham Joseph Rice (born Abraham Reiss) (c. 18001862) was the first ordained rabbi to serve in a rabbinical position in the United States. Rice was born in 1800 or 1802 at Gochsheim, near Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia. An injury in infancy left ...

(rabbi in

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) * David Seligmann Weisskopf (rabbi of Wallerstein District, founder of Wallerstein yeshiva) Rabbi Abraham Bing died in Würzburg in 1841, having resigned from the rabbinate two years earlier. Of his writings, only ''Zichron Avraham'' (''Remembrance of Abraham'') was printed (posthumously, edited by Bamberger). His son, Issochor (Isachar) Abraham Baer Bing (1777–1878) was a writer and cloth merchant. His grandson, Salomon Bernhard Bing (1816–1878), was a cloth dyer and later a wealthy hops merchant. His great-grandsons were Ignaz Bing (1840–1918) and Adolf Bing (1842–1915), the co-cofounders of the large Bing Brothers enamelware and toy company in

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; Ignaz was also a writer, naturalist, and cave explorer."My Travels" by Ignaz Bing, 1917

References

External links

1906 Jewish Encyclopedia entry
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