Altona
Hamburg area
Seat of Yaakov Emden (the 'Yaavetz'); major anti-Sabbatean center.
9 teachers · 1 work · 9 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi (Chacham Tzvi)
Zvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718)
rabbinate 1690–1709
Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen
Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen (1670–1749)
death 1714–1749
Rabbi Moshe Chagiz
Rabbi Moshe Chagiz (1671–1750)
rabbinate 1714–1738
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R. Yonatan Eybeschutz
Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764)
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Amsterdam
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Amsterdam (1690–1755)
study 1707–1710
Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz
Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz (1690–1764)
death 1750–1764
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The Yaavetz
Yaakov Emden (1697–1776)
death 1776
Aruch LaNer
Rabbi Yaakov Ettlinger (1798–1871)
death 1836–1871
Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer
Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899)
study 1837–1841
Works composed here
- 1733
Mitpachat Sefarim
by The Yaavetz
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Altona. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Sod (Secret/Mystical Level)8 passages
- Torah (Teaching, Torah Study)7 passages
- Merkavah (The Divine Chariot)7 passages
- Malkhut / Shekhinah (Sovereignty, the 10th Sefirah)5 passages
- Torah Lishmah (Torah for Its Own Sake)3 passages
- Kedushah (Holiness)3 passages
- Mesorah (Tradition/Transmission)3 passages
- Nistar/Nigleh (Hidden/Revealed Torah)3 passages
- Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)3 passages