Samson Raphael Hirsch
German rabbi
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Samson Raphael Hirsch was a German Orthodox rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Wikipedia
Born: June 20, 1808, Hamburg, Germany
Died: December 31, 1888 (age 80 years), Frankfurt, Germany
Place of burial: Old Jewish Cemetery frankfurt am main, Frankfurt, Germany
Books: Nineteen Letters on Judaism, The collected writings, Der Pentateuch, and more
Spouse: Hannah Jüdel (m. 1831–1882)
Education: University of Bonn
Parents: Raphael Arye Hirsch (father); Gella Hirsch (mother)