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Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was a German Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1753 to Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer and his second wife (daughter of Rabbi Nathan Otiz, rabbi of Bamberg).
He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over from his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died on October 10, 1822. [1] He is known for his halakhic ruling against the use of an organ in synagogues in the book Eleh Dibre ha-B'rit (Altona 1819).
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Gershom ben Judah, best known as Rabbeinu Gershom and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah, was a famous Talmudist and Halakhist.
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Jacob Moses David Tebele Scheuer (1712–1782) was a German rabbi.
Rabbi Mechel Scheuer was a German Orthodox rabbi, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1739 to his father Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer. He led his father's Yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva during the years 1776 and 1777. In 1778 he became rabbi of Worms and in 1782 was appointed rabbi of Mannheim; then as rabbi of Koblenz where he died in 1810
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