Esriel Hildesheimer Collection
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Esriel Hildesheimer\ and others from various individuals, mostly rabbis in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Palestine, Eastern Europe, and the United States, and institutions, including Akiba Lehren, David Neimann, Simcha Bunem Sofer, Yeshiva Etz-Hayyim, Adolf Jellinek, and the Oesterreichisch- Ungarisch- Israelitische Gemeinde, Jerusalem. Approximately one-half of the correspondence is transcribed.
In addition there are various business records and other Hebrew documents of the Local-Comitee der israelitischen Armen- und Pilgerwohnungen auf Zion and other institutions in Jerusalem and a responsum from the eighteenth century.
Printed materials include two appeals from 1920 related to the Israel Hildesheimer Jubilaeums Spende (donation on the occasion of his 100th anniversary) and an undated circular by Esriel Hildesheimer asking for help for the Jews of Baghdad during an outbreak of cholera.
Dates
- Creation: 1821-1920
Creator
- Hildesheimer, Ezriel, 1820-1899 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in Hebrew and German.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Born in Halberstadt in 1820, Esriel Hildesheimer studied at the yeshiva in Altona and at the universities of Berlin and Halle, receiving his doctorate in 1844. Along with Samson Raphael Hirsch, he was one of the founders and leaders of neo-Orthodoxy. He became rabbi in Eisenstadt, Austria-Hungary, in 1851, where he also founded a yeshiva, and at Congregation Adass Jisroel, Berlin, in 1869, founding the Rabbiner Seminar fuer das orthodoxe Judentum in 1873. His attempts to give secular learning a firm place in rabbinical studies brought him into conflict with more traditionally minded Orthodox Jews. He died in Berlin in 1899.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Esriel Hildesheimer\ and others from various individuals, mostly rabbis in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Palestine, Eastern Europe, and the United States, and institutions, including Akiba Lehren, David Neimann, Simcha Bunem Sofer, Yeshiva Etz-Hayyim, Adolf Jellinek, and the Oesterreichisch- Ungarisch- Israelitische Gemeinde, Jerusalem. Approximately one-half of the correspondence is transcribed.
Arrangement
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Documents
Other Finding Aid
3-page inventory; 3 catalog cards.
Microfilm
The collection is available on microfilm (MF 726).
The letters to Hildesheimer are available on microfilm (MF 248).
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Subject
- Hildesheimer, Ezriel, 1820-1899 (Person)
- Adass Jisroel (Berlin, Germany) (Organization)
- Jellinek, Adolph, 1821-1893 (Person)
- Lehren, Akiba, 1795-1876 (Person)
- Bet ha-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin (Organization)
- Local-Comitee der israelitischen Armen- und Pilgerwohnungen auf Zion (Organization)
- Neimann, David (Person)
- Österreichisch- Ungarisch- Israelitische Gemeinde Jerusalem (Organization)
- Sofer, Śimḥah Bunem Daṿid, 1842-1906 (Person)
- Yeshiva Etz-Hayyim, Jerusalem (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Berlin (Germany)
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Eisenstadt (Austria)
- Hungary
- Jerusalem
- Palestine
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Esriel Hildesheimer Collection, 1821-1920 AR 2373 / MF 726 / MF 248
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- February 06, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
