Mechel Scheuer
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Rabbi Mechel Scheuer was 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 (27 Shevat 5570 on the Hebrew calendar
.)
who eulogized him as "the teacher of my youth ... who was renowned with his sharpness; was able to overturn mountains and grind them; he was an elder and extremely wise ... in the years 5536 (1776) and 5537 (1777) I stood before him while he was Rosh Yeshiva
in the holy community of Mainz".
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
in 1739 to his father Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer
David Tebele Scheuer
David Tebele Scheuer was a German rabbi.Born in Frankfurt am Main in 1712, he was one of the outstanding students of the Shev Yaakov, Rabbi Jacob Cohen in Frankfurt. He served as Dayan of Frankfurt during the entire time that the Pnei Yehoshua, Rabbi Yehoshua Falk was Rabbi of Frankfurt...
. He led his father's Yeshiva
Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
as its Rosh Yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
during the years 1776 and 1777.
In 1778 he became rabbi of Worms
Worms, Germany
Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...
and in 1782 was appointed rabbi of Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
; then as rabbi of Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
where he died in 1810 (27 Shevat 5570 on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...
.)
Pupils
Among his pupils in (1776 - 1777) was the future famed Chasam SoferMoses Sofer
Moses Schreiber, known to his own community and Jewish posterity as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, , , was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century...
who eulogized him as "the teacher of my youth ... who was renowned with his sharpness; was able to overturn mountains and grind them; he was an elder and extremely wise ... in the years 5536 (1776) and 5537 (1777) I stood before him while he was Rosh Yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
in the holy community of Mainz".