Altona
Hamburg area
Seat of Yaakov Emden (the 'Yaavetz'); major anti-Sabbatean center.
8 teachers · 2 works · 12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi (Chacham Tzvi)
Zvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718)
rabbinate 1690–1709
Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen
Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen (1670–1749)
death 1714–1749
Moshe Chagiz
Rabbi Moshe Chagiz (1671–1750)
rabbinate 1714–1738
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Yonatan Eybeschutz
Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764)
rabbinate 1750–1764
Aryeh Leib Amsterdam
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Amsterdam (1690–1755)
study 1707–1710
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Yaavetz
Yaakov Emden (1697–1776)
death 1776
Aruch LaNer
Rabbi Yaakov Ettlinger (1798–1871)
death 1836–1871
Azriel Hildesheimer
Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899)
study 1837–1841
Works composed here
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Altona. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Safek (Halachic Doubt)89 passages
- Shabbat (The Sabbath)81 passages
- Niddah (Menstrual Purity)63 passages
- Shechitah (Ritual Slaughter)51 passages
- Minhag (Custom)47 passages
- Pesach (Festival of Passover, umbrella)41 passages
- Edut (Testimony)40 passages
- Treifah (18 Categories of Fatal Defects)40 passages
- Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)39 passages
- Rov (Majority Principle)34 passages
- Kiddushin (Betrothal / Marriage Sanctification)33 passages
- Kibud Rabbo (Honoring One's Torah Teacher)29 passages