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Samson Raphael Hirsch-passed away
Event Details :
Ivri Date: 27 Tevet, 5649
English Date: 31 December, 1888
Additional Details:
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Occasionally termed neo-Orthodoxy, his philosophy, together with that of Ezriel Hildesheimer, has had a considerable influence on the development of Orthodox Judaism.
