Samuel Kauders

Samuel Judah Löb Kauders
Personal life
Born	1766 (1766) Bechyne, Bohemia
Died	6 May 1838(1838-05-06) (aged 71–72)
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Samuel Landau [he]
Successor	Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport
Position	Oberjurist of Prague
Began	1834
Ended	1838

Samuel Judah Löb ben David Kauders (Yiddish: שמואל יהודה ליב בן דוד קוידער, romanized: Shemuʼel Yehuda Leyb ben Daṿid Ḳoyder; 1766 – 6 May 1838) was a Bohemian rabbi.

Biography

Kauders was born in Bechyne, Bohemia, in 1766, the son of David Kauders.[1] At the age of 10, he went to study under Michael Bacharach in Prague, and at the age of 13, became a student of Elazar Fleckeles and a friend of Bezalel Ronsburg.[2] After completing his studies, he devoted his time to Talmudics without holding a rabbinical position.

In 1817, he was called to Kaladei [cs] as district rabbi of Tabor and Budweis. Between 1824 and 1827, he was also responsible for the Prachin district.[2] In 1834, Kauders succeeded Samuel Landau [he] as Oberjurist (acting chief rabbi) of Prague, a position which he held until his death. [3]

While a Talmudist of the old school and rigorously Orthodox, he was tolerant in his views and favored secular education.[3]

Publications

• Olat Shmuel. Prague. 1823. Responsa on Shulḥan Arukh, Oraḥ Ḥayyim, of which the first part only, containing 112 responsa, was published.[4]
• Pe'ullat Emet. Prague. 1828–1829. Halakhic essays in two parts.
• Ahavat Emet. Prague. 1829. Homilies and essays.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schechter, Solomon; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Kauders, Samuel Judah Löb ben David". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 456.

1. Schischa, Abraham (2007). "Kauder, Samuel Judah ben David". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
2. "Kauder, Samuel Löw". Das Biographische Handbuch der Rabbiner (in German). Vol. I. Verlag K. G. Saur. 2007–2009. p. 519.
3.  Schechter, Solomon; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Kauders, Samuel Judah Löb ben David". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 456.
4. Fürst, Julius (1863). Bibliotheca Judaica: Bibliographisches Handbuch der gesammten jüdischen Literatur (in German). Vol. 2. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 180.