David Oppenheim (rabbi)

David Oppenheim (1664 – 12 September 1736) was the chief rabbi of Nikolsburg in 1691 and later of Prague.^[1] His book collection constitutes an important part of the Hebrew section of the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

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David Oppenheim

Born	June 1664 Worms, Holy Roman Empire
Died	12 September 1736(1736-09-12) (aged 72) Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Resting place	Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Occupation(s)	Rabbi, Posek, Book collector
Years active	1691-1736
Era	Nikolsburg, Prague
Known for	Book collector
Spouse(s)	First wife: Gnendel (daughter of Leffmann Behrends) Second wife: Shifra
Father	Abraham Oppenheim

Oppenheim was born in 1664 in Worms, where his father, Abraham, was a community rabbi and leader and a brother of Samuel Oppenheimer. David Oppenheim's teachers included: Yair Bacharach, Gershon Ashkenazi, Ya'akov Sack (father of Tzvi Ashkenazi, the "Chacham Tzvi"), Benjamin Wolf Epstein, and Isaac Benjamin Wolff.^[2] In 1681, he married Gnendel, daughter of the "court Jew" Leffmann Behrends (Lipmann Cohen) of Hanover.^[3]^[4] His rabbinical responsibilities grew over the years: in 1691, he became the chief rabbi of Nikolsburg, in 1703 of Prague, in 1713 of half of Moravia, and by 1718, he led the entire region.^[2]

The Bodleian Library in Oxford bought his extraordinary collection of manuscripts and prints in 1829 for 9,000 thalers.^[5]

David Oppenheim (rabbi)

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