[SANHEDRIN NAPOLÉON] - Lot 160

Lot 160
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[SANHEDRIN NAPOLÉON] - Lot 160
[SANHEDRIN NAPOLÉON] CEREMONY DRESSES OF THE GREAT RABBI YOSSEF DAVID SINTZHEIM (1736-1812) Silk brocaded rabbi's robe. Velvet headdress embroidered with silver and gold threads. (Velvet removed, torn collar, wear and restoration). France, end of the 18th-early 19th century. Yossef David Sintzheim, rabbi of Strasbourg then president of Napoleon's Sanhedrin, was one of the most famous French rabbis under Napoleon I. He was the first Chief Rabbi of France and his burial at the Père Lachaise cemetery attests to his importance in the eyes of his generation. Born himself from a line of rabbis, he devoted his life to study, married around 1765 Cerf Berr's sister and in 1785 became rector of the Bischheim Yeshivah. Forced to flee during the Terror, he became rabbi of Strasbourg after the Terror, and after being appointed to participate in the assembly of notables convened by Napoleon in 1806, he was appointed president of Napoleon's Sanhedrin. The inventory of Sintzheim's belongings at his death lists four rabbi's robes, one of which was made of silk and the others of velvet, as well as two horned hats. Its owner, Rabbi Nathan Rephael Auerbach, a direct descendant of Yossef David Sintzheim, attested that these garments were passed down from generation to generation until they reached him. Key words: judaica, jewish, jewish, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pesach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hannuccah, torah, juden, israelite, israelite, israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, sefarad, ketubah
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