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Samson Wertheimer
Rabbi Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724)
Personal
Born
(1658-01-17)17 January 1658
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
Died
6 August 1724(1724-08-06) (aged 66)
Vienna, Austria
Religion
Judaism
Samson Wertheimer (17 January 1658 – 6 August 1724) was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also a powerful Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I. With the help of Samuel Oppenheimer, he helped finance the Spanish War of Succession on behalf of the Empire.
A scholar and patron of scholars, he also financed the printing of the Babylonian Talmud undertaken at Frankfurt (1712–22) by his son-in-law, Moses Kann. Wertheimer possessed numerous palaces and ten imperial soldiers guarded his house. He was known by the title of Judenkaiser (Jewish emperor).
The Wertheimer family established branches in several European nations.
Famous descendants include billionaire Gerard Wertheimer and billionaire Alain Weirtheimer, little is known about them according to French media.[1]
SamsonWertheimer (17 January 1658 – 6 August 1724) was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also a powerful Austrian financier...
was born in London. His father, Samson, was born in Germany, and was related to court Jews such as SamsonWertheimer (1658–1724) and members of the Gomperz...
also Samuel Oppenheimer, who went from Heidelberg to Vienna, and SamsonWertheimer (Wertheimher) from Worms. Oppenheimer, who was appointed chief court...
Jewish population severely, he did have a Jewish economic advisor, SamsonWertheimer. A Sabbatean movement, which was established in the same period, also...
Moravia, was appointed (1725) at Wertheimer's death his successor as Landesrabbiner of Hungary (Kaufmann, "SamsonWertheimer", p. 104, Vienna, 1888; Wurzbach...
family and built by SamsonWertheimer in 1719, who earned the commission through service to the aristocratic family. Wertheimer was an important businessman...
banned. He failed, but subsequently his rival, the financier and rabbi SamsonWertheimer successfully petitioned Emperor Leopold I to have the book banned...
Landesrabbiner was the famous Viennese Chief Rabbi, Shtadlan and court Jew SamsonWertheimer. Just like his illustrious predecessor, Hofmeister also exercises...
(ca. 1650–1724), a Jewish Sabbatean prophet and Messiah claimant SamsonWertheimer (1658–1724), chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt...
Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, Scottish statesman (b. 1641) August 6 – SamsonWertheimer, European rabbi (b. 1658) August 21 – Noël Alexandre, French theologian...
the cemetery. Oppenheimer was able to help SamsonWertheimer from Worms to come to Vienna in 1684. Wertheimer was later named Court Jew, but he could not...
persecution of the Jews under the government of the National Socialists. SamsonWertheimer (1658–1724), chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Kismarton...
January 9 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (d. 1733) January 17 – SamsonWertheimer, European rabbi (d. 1724) January 17 – Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of...
Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, Scottish statesman (b. 1641) August 6 – SamsonWertheimer, European rabbi (b. 1658) August 21 – Noël Alexandre, French theologian...
by inheritance; Sale, Christie's, London, June 17, 1882, no. 487; SamsonWertheimer, London, 1882, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, March 15, 1892;...
January 9 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (d. 1733) January 17 – SamsonWertheimer, European rabbi (d. 1724) January 17 – Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of...
which had been founded and richly endowed by his father-in-law, SamsonWertheimer, of Vienna. For over half a century this school flourished under Kann's...
Museum since 1866, and was president of the Society of Antiquaries. SamsonWertheimer agreed "with much public spirit" to sell the cup to the British Museum...
Segre, in Berliner's Magazin, Hebr. part, 1890, xvii.15; D. Kaufmann, SamsonWertheimer, p. 97, note 1; —, in Ha-Ḥoḳer, ii.11, Vienna, 1894; Abraham Berliner...
descended from several noted Rabbinic dynasties, including Rabbi SamsonWertheimer, Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Epstein (known as the "holy Ma'or Vashemesh")...
Familien: SamsonWertheimer, der Oberhoffactor und Landesrabbiner, 1658–1724, und Seine Kinder (Vienna, 1888) Urkundliches aus dem Leben SamsonWertheimers (Budapest...
Jewish—even if their mother was Gentile and their father was Jewish (Wertheimer, 59). In this same survey, 29% of respondents indicated that they attended...
ISBN 0-8173-0485-1. Wertheimer 2018, pp. 67–100, 143–159. Schweid, Eliezer (1984–1985). "Two Neo-Orthodox Responses to Secularization. Part I: Samson Raphael Hirch"...
194–203). Graetz's essay "Die Verjüngung des jüdischen Stammes", in Wertheimer-Kompert's Jahrbuch für Israeliten, Vol. X, Vienna, 1863 (reprinted with...
warning Jews not to attend services in non-Orthodox synagogues. Jack Wertheimer, A People Divided: Judaism in Contemporary America, Basic Books, 1993...
mezuzah rule", Chicago Jewish Star, September 16, 2005, p. 1. Douglas Wertheimer, "Not On Our Doorposts: Chicago condo bans mezuzahs", Chicago Jewish Star...
& Wagnalls. Its bibliography: Julius Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 169; S. A. Wertheimer, Sefer Leshon Hasidim, two parts, Jerusalem, 1899; Reifmann, in Oẓar Ṭob...
(Klausprimator). This position he held until he succeeded Akiba Israel Wertheimer as Chief Rabbi of Altona, where he officiated from 1836 until his death...
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