Tuesday, March 01, 2011

A eulogy for the recently departed Rabbiner Hirsch.

Here's a Hesped (eulogy sermon) upon the death of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, which was delivered at a memorial service for him on January 20, 1889. You can download it here as a pdf.




4 comments:

  1. who wrote/delivered it?

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  2. You could . . . read it. ;-)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Hyamson

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  3. Lawrence Kaplan Comments:

    Rabbi Hymamson was for many years both the Rav of an Orthodox Synagogue in NYC and Professor of Codes at JTS.I don't think Rabbi Hirsch would have approved.

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  4. Surely not, but of course in 1889 he was not at JTS. I also wonder if R. Hirsch would have perceived JTS in 1889 as more like Breslau or more like Berlin, notwithstanding that he didn't approve of either.

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