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Samuel and his wife's gravetone

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These letters were written by Samuel and are still used today

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This Yeshiva was named after Samuel because of how influential his work was

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- In short, the movement of neo-orthodoxy was Judaism adopted to the modern world

Changing the way Judaism apears, but still following halakha

“Revision of the externals but allowing no reform of the principles of Judaism”

Hirsch though they had to change external aspects to help the Jews adjust to the modern world

“An excellent thing is the study of Torah combined with the ways of  the world”(torah im derech eretz)

The “ways of the world” is what is modern, and they are combining “Torah” with it, so it is saying that they are modernizing Judaism

“Religion allied to progress”

adding progress to religion, not religion to progress

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Hirsch didn’t like the fact the the Jews were making another temple with reforms

He didn't believe that the reform prayer books could be considered Jewish prayer books

“How leaderless was this new congregation of prophets before this new messenger with this new message of salvation appeared among them!”

Hirsch is mocking the people of the reform

“Prophets”- mocking them because the traditional rabbis think that the leaders of the reform think of themselves as prophets

“New messenger with this new message of salvation”-saying that the reformers think that they are “saving” people with a better version of Judaism

“Appeared”- shows that he “came out of thin air” and it wasn’t a gradual thing

He believed that the Jews should acculturate and become part of the modern world

“to make religion-- which is the mother and father of all civilization and culture-- dependent upon the progress of this same civilization and culture would mean throwing it into the melting-pot of civilization.”
(Pg. 221)

Religion is like the mother and father of civilization. They are the head and important to them.

If you become dependant on these things it’s like throwing society into the ground.

Hirsch wrote and taught in German

He was universally educated

Conversant with general culture- made references to greek and latin literature, to Shakespeare , and to philosophical literature

German was used in sermons

Hirsch believed the only way to preserve orthodoxy was to get permission from German to establish a separatist organization

The jews wanted to fit in make a good impression on the Germans

He created the idea of torah im derech eretz which forms the relationship between observant judaism and the modern world

Hirsch saw that the jews were assimilating and the old traditions were dying out, such as Jewish cultural items, so he wanted change

To prevent the Judaism from disappearing, he decided that new teachings in new forms had to be taught

Hirsch believed that to keep Judaism from disappearing as a way of life and thought, it’s crucial to present the eternal teachings of Judaism in a new way/new form

Hirsch believed that to keep Judaism from disappearing as a way of life and thought, it’s crucial to present the eternal teachings of Judaism in a new way/new form

Believed in making the Jewish community more meaningful

Torah observance and positive attitude towards education and culture

He loved Israel, but wasn't into the Zionist Movement

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Studied with rabbi isaac bernays

Appointed head rabbi of Hamburg in 1821

Opposed the reform, and spoke German

Shows that he acculturated to Germany even though he is against the impacts that it ha had on traditional Judaism

Influenced Hirsch to rebuild orthodoxy in Germany

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Who was he?

Born 1808 in Hamburg

Died in 1888

His family was traditional and opposed the reform

Explains where his views came from

He was a talmudist and child prodigy, and he also was universally educated and was good in philosophy and modern literature

he was very smart

He studied with private tutors and then became a German Rabbi

He decided he wanted to be modern orthodox at a young age and he opposed early forms of Reform Judaism

He was asked to be chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg

Rabbinic leader

Became a member of parliament

There were some Orthodox Jews in a reform community who wanted to stay orthodox

1851- Hirsch created an orthodox jewish community

Created an Orthodox school which Influenced many other schools in Germany to become orthodox

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When and where did this movement begin?
- In 1851, he created a neo-orthodox Jewish community and established a school that contained 500 students and a synagogue capable of fitting 1,000 people. This was the marking of the beginning of neo-orthodoxy.
- This movement began in Nicklesburg, Germany
- Created a form of Yeshiva in the way that he created a school.