Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch

Armed only with the force of his personality and the eloquence of his pen, Rabbi Hirsch almost single-handedly arrested fifty years of unbroken ascendancy of Reform in Germany. While Hirsch adopted many of the stylistic changes of the Reform movement, he insisted on the preservation of the structure of rabbinic law as the best method for the preservation of Judaism. As a product of reform, he emphasized study of the biblical text, evidenced by his commentary on the Torah. Through his fiery rhetoric and powerful charisma, Hirsch became the founding father of what is known as Modern Orthodoxy. To young German Jews convinced that their Ju

· 1829--Studied Philology at University of Bonn, where he was a friend of the important Reform scholar and theologian Abraham Geiger (1810-74).

· 1867-78--Composed his Commentary on the Pentateuch, developed his symbolic exegetical approach.

· 1838--Published Choreb, a rational explanation of the 613 commandments of the Torah.

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