Azriel Hildesheimer

Azriel Hildesheimer
Azriel Hildesheimer
	Photograph of Azriel Hildesheimer
Born	11 May 1820; Halberstadt, Saxony, Prussia
Died	12 July 1899 (aged 79); Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Nationality	German
Spouse	Henriette Hirsch
Children	Hirsch Hildesheimer

Azriel Hildesheimer (also Esriel and Israel, Yiddish: עזריאל הילדעסהיימער; 11 May 1820^[1]^[2] – 12 July 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism.

^ Ellenson, David Henry (1990). Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the creation of a modern Jewish orthodoxy. Judaic studies series. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-8173-0485-1.
^ Hildesheimer, Ezriel (1965). Briefe. R. Mass. p. 294. OCLC 2660886.

[1] Ellenson, David Henry (1990). Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the creation of a modern Jewish orthodoxy. Judaic studies series. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-8173-0485-1.

[2] Hildesheimer, Ezriel (1965). Briefe. R. Mass. p. 294. OCLC 2660886.

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Azriel Hildesheimer
Photograph of Azriel Hildesheimer
Born	(1820-05-11)11 May 1820 Halberstadt, Saxony, Prussia
Died	12 July 1899(1899-07-12) (aged 79) Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Nationality	German
Spouse	Henriette Hirsch
Children	Hirsch Hildesheimer [de]