Schepsel Schaffer
American rabbi (1862–1933)
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Schepsel Schaffer (Yiddish: אבא שבתי (שעפּסעל) שײפֿער; May 4, 1862 – September 28, 1933) was an American rabbi.
Rev Dr. Schepsel Schaffer | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | May 4, 1862 |
| Died | September 28, 1933 (aged 71) |
| Buried | Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery |
| Spouse | Anna Lepidus |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Congregation Shearith Israel |
Biography
Schepsel Schaffer was born on the first day of Shavuot, 5622, in Bausk, Courland. On his mother's side he was a descendant of Mordecai Jaffe, author of the Lebush.[1] He was educated at the gymnasium of Libau, Courland, at the University of Berlin, and at the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin.[2]
In January 1893, Schaffer became rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Baltimore, Maryland. He was president of the Baltimore Zion Association (from 1895) and honorary vice-president of the American Federation of Zionists, and he was twice a delegate to the Zionist Congress at Basel.[1][2]
Publications
- Das Recht und seine Stellung zur Moral nach talmudischer Sitten- und Rechtslehre. Berlin: H. Itzkowski. 1889.
