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Azriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi , and leader of Orthodox Judaism .¹ He was born in Hildesheim, a small town near Hanover,( Germany ) (Some believe he was born in Halberstadt ) May 20, 1820; died at Berlin July 12, 1899; son of R. He attended the "Hasharat Zwi" school in Halberstadt, and, after reaching the age of seventeen, the Talmudic school of Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger in Altona . The Chacham Isaac Bernays was one of his teachers and his model as a preacher. While studying rabbinic literature Hildesheimer was also devoting much attention to classical languages. In 1840 he returned to Halberstadt, took his diploma at the Dom gymnasium, and entered the University of Berlin . There he studied Oriental languages and mathematics, and continued his study in Talmud ; here he became a disciple of the dominant Hegelian school. In 1842 he went to Halle and continued his studies under Gesenius and Roediger (Ph.D. 1844, his dissertation being " Ueber die Rechte Art der Bibelinterpretation "). Hildesheimer then returned to Halberstadt, and married Henrietta Hirsch, sister of Joseph Hirsch, head of the firm of Aron Hirsch & Sohn of Halberstadt.²

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Photograph of Esriel Hildesheimer . Esriel Hildesheimer (also Azriel and Israel; May 20 1820 – July 12 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism . He is regarded as a pioneering modernizer of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism .

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Photograph of Asriel Hildesheimer . Esriel Hildesheimer (also Azriel and Israel, ; May 20 1820 – July 12 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism . He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism .

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He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism .

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German Orthodox rabbi (1820–1899) Azriel Hildesheimer (also Esriel and Israel, ; 11 May 1820 – 12 July 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism . He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism . Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the creation of a modern Jewish orthodoxy .

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German Orthodox rabbi (1820–1899) Azriel Hildesheimer (also Esriel and Israel, Yiddish : עזריאל הילדעסהיימער ; 11 May 1820 – 12 June 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism . He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism . Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer and the creation of a modern Jewish orthodoxy .

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