Hartwig Naftali Carlebach

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Rabbi
Naftali Carlebach
TitleRabbi
Personal
Born
Hartwig Naftali Carlebach
Religion
Shlomo Carlebach
Rabbi Eli Chaim Carlebach

Shulamith Levovitz
Parent(s)Rabbi Dr. Solomon Carlebach
Esther Adler
PositionFounding Rabbi
SynagogueCongregation Kehilath Jacob "The Carlebach Shul"

Hartwig Naftali Carlebach (1889–1967), known as Naphtali, was a leading rabbi in Berlin, Germany; Baden, Austria; and Manhattan, New York.

Biography

Hartwig Naftali Carlebach was born in 1889, the eleventh of 12 children of Esther Adler (1853–1920), the daughter of the former rabbi of Lübeck, Alexander Sussmann Adler (1816–1869), and Lübeck's then rabbi Salomon (Shlomo) Carlebach (1845–1919).[1] Four of his brothers were rabbis as well. They are Emanuel Carlebach (1874–1927), Joseph Carlebach (1883–1942), David Carlebach (1885–1913) and Ephraim Carlebach (1879–1936).[2]

The Carlebach family is a notable Jewish family originally from Germany that now lives all over the world.

He was the rabbi of the Passauerstrasse Synagogue of Berlin from 1917 to 1931. From 1931 to 1938 Naphtali Carlebach was Chief Rabbi of Baden near Vienna, Austria.[3]

In 1950 Carlebach assumed the spiritual leadership of Congregation Kehilath Jacob, "The Carlebach Shul," located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After his death in 1967, his sons

Shlomo Carlebach and Eli Chaim Carlebach took over his position.[4]

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