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Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi “Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung”, Portr., 1889, in German and Hebrew - Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi “ Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung”, Portr., 1889, in German and Hebrew Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung, zunaechst fuer Jissroels denkende Juenglinge und Jungfrauen. 2., verbesserte Auflage. Frankfurt/M Kauffmann, 1889., XVI, 578 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author, with German and Hebrew indexes. Hard cover half-leather binding with gold embossing, size: 23.5 x 16 cm. Condition: some wear to cover, rubbing to edges end hinges; front cover detached, rear cover started getting detached; first 14 pages are loose; yellow / light brown paper. Weight: 940 gr. Samson Raphael Hirsch (Hebrew: שמשון רפאל הירש; June 20, 1808 Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi “ Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung”, Portr., 1889, in German and Hebrew Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung, zunaechst fuer Jissroels denkende Juenglinge und Jungfrauen. 2., verbesserte Auflage. Frankfurt/M Kauffmann, 1889., XVI, 578 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author, with German and Hebrew indexes. Hard cover half-leather binding with gold embossing, size: 23.5 x 16 cm. Condition: some wear to cover, rubbing to edges end hinges; front cover detached, rear cover started getting detached; first 14 pages are loose; yellow / light brown paper. Weight: 940 gr. Samson Raphael Hirsch (Hebrew: שמשון רפאל הירש; 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 philosophy, together with that of Azriel Hildesheimer, has had a considerable influence on the development of Orthodox Judaism.[2] Hirsch was rabbi in Oldenburg, Emden, and was subsequently appointed chief rabbi of Moravia. From 1851 until his death, Hirsch led the secessionist Orthodox community in Frankfurt am Main. He wrote a number of influential books, and for a number of years published the monthly journal Jeschurun, in which he outlined his philosophy of Judaism. He was a vocal opponent of Reform Judaism, Zionism, and similarly opposed early forms of Conservative Judaism