Samuel Schotten

Samuel Schotten

Rabbi Shmuel Schotten HaCohen (1644 - 5 July 1719), known as the "Mharsheishoch", became Rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1685.

Life and work

Shmuel Schotten HaCohen was born in Schotten in 1644 and moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1682. He was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of the yeshiva in Frankfurt am Main and Rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1685. He died on July 5, 1719 ("14 Tamuz 5479" on the Hebrew calendar) in Frankfurt am Main.

He is the author of "Kos ha-Yeshu'os" (Frankfurt am Main, 1711) and "Shu't Mharsheishoch" which is his responsa called by the acronym MHSSC: "Moreinu Harav Shmuel Schotten Cohen."

Descendants

Rabbi Shmuel was the maternal grandfather of the Chasam Sofer's father Shmuel. He was also the great great grandfather of Rabbi Chanokh Heynekh of Aleksander's mother, Sara Chana Szatan.

External links

* [http://www.juedischesmuseum.de/judengasse/ehtml/P131.htm Information about Schotten, Samuel @ the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main] .


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