Sinai Simon Naschér (16 March 1841 – 25 July 1901) was a Hungarian

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religious leader and writer.

Biography

Naschér was born to a

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nic family in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, the son of Eva () and Rabbi Moses Naschér. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Nascher, served as rabbi of

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, 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

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, where he was

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by the

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and received his Ph.D. from the

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. From 1866 he was a

and

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in Berlin, and delivered sermons at the

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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

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. From then on he lived in retirement at Baja.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naschér, Sinai Simon 1841 births 1901 deaths Writers from Liptovský Mikuláš 19th-century Hungarian rabbis Slovak rabbis Hungarian writers in German People from Baja, Hungary Writers from Berlin Rabbis from Berlin