Jacob Joseph Oettinger

הרב יעקב יוסף עטטינגר‎

1780

Glogau, Silesia, Prussia

Died1860

Berlin, Germany

ReligionJudaismNationalityGermanPositionChief Rabbi of BerlinBegan1825Ended1860

Rabbi Jacob Joseph Oettinger (Hebrew: הרב יעקב יוסף עטטינגר^[1] 1780 – 1860), a native of Glogau, acted as the final chief rabbi of Berlin between 1825 and 1860,^[2] and served for some time as the dean of Berlin's rabbinical college.^[3] Oettinger was also known as an opponent of Leopold Zunz.^[4]

References

^ with a doubled ט in accordance with the spelling of his name in his approbation for Cassel, David (1848). Teshuvot geʼonim ḳadmonim. Berlin: Fridlendershe bukhdruḳerai. p. Approbation, p.1. OCLC 19156656.
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^ Deutsch, G. (1904). Central Conference of American Rabbis, vol. 13. Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore Press. p. 341.
^ "What color was Rashi's shirt? Who said it and why?". On the Main Line. Mississippi Fred MacDowell. Retrieved 15 December 2014.