Schepsel Schaffer (Yiddish: אבא שבתי (שעפּסעל) שײפֿער; May 4, 1862 – September 28, 1933) was an American rabbi.

Rev Dr.
Schepsel Schaffer
Personal
Born(1862-05-04)May 4, 1862
DiedSeptember 28, 1933(1933-09-28) (aged 71)
ReligionJudaism
SpouseAnna Lepidus
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
PositionRabbi
SynagogueCongregation Shearith Israel
BuriedBaltimore Hebrew Cemetery

Biography

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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

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  • Das Recht und seine Stellung zur Moral nach talmudischer Sitten- und Rechtslehre. Berlin: H. Itzkowski. 1889.

References

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainAdler, Cyrus; Dobsevage, I. George (1905). "Schaffer, Schepsel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 92.

  1. ^ a b Rev. Dr. Schepschel Schaffer: Twenty-Five Years of Activity in the Cause of Orthodox Judaism, 1893–1918. Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock. 1918.
  2. ^ a b   Adler, Cyrus; Dobsevage, I. George (1905). "Schaffer, Schepsel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 92.