Abraham Bing

Abraham Bing (* 1752 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 1, 1841 in Würzburg) was chief rabbi of CHF based in Würzburg.

Life

After his rabbinical training at Nathan Adler Bing was initially 1769-1778 teacher of Jewish religion at Klaus von Offenbach am Main. In the years 1778-1796 he worked as a judge ( Dajjan ) at the Beth Din in Frankfurt. Subsequently, he was from 1796 to 1814 Rabbi Wurzburg based in Heidingsfeld. October 14, 1813 to his retirement at the beginning of the year 1839, he had his official residence in Würzburg and was head of a large yeshiva. Bing was buried the first Jew from Würzburg in the Jewish cemetery Hochberg - how many Würzburg rabbis after him.

He was an opponent of the emerging early 19th century Reform Judaism and influential representatives of orthodoxy. According to his students in the 19th century took on a key role in the orthodox doctrine in Germany. These included, inter alia, the Rabbi Lazarus Adler, Nathan Marcus Adler, Seligmann Baer Bamberger (who was chosen by Bing himself as his successor in Würzburg), Isaac and Jacob Bernays Ettlinger.