Sinai Simon Naschér (16 March 1841 – 25 July 1901) was a
Hungarian Jewish religious leader and writer.
Biography
Naschér was born to a
rabbinic family in
Liptó-Szent-Miklós, the son of Eva () and Rabbi Moses Naschér. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Nascher, served as rabbi of
Bielitz,
Austrian Silesia, while his maternal grandfather, Beer Simandel-Nicolauer, was a rabbi in Liptó-Szent-Miklós. Naschér was educated at the
gymnasium in
Baja as a student of . He later studied in
Berlin, where he was
ordained by the
Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums and received his Ph.D. from the
University.
From 1866 he was a
rabbi
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and
preacher in Berlin, and delivered sermons at the
Orthodox
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Religion
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Schochare Hattob Congregation synagogue on . He was, however, eventually forced to resign in 1880 on account of the deterioration of his
mental health. From then on he lived in retirement at Baja.
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1841 births
1901 deaths
Writers from Liptovský Mikuláš
Hungarian rabbis
Slovak rabbis
Hungarian writers in German
People from Baja, Hungary
Writers from Berlin
Rabbis from Berlin