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Samuel Jacob Rubinstein was a 20th-century French orthodox Chief Rabbi independent from the Consistoire central born in Poland. == Biography == Samuel Jacob (Shmuel Yaakov) Rubinstein was the rabbi of the famous Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue (Synagogue de la rue Pavée), at 10 Rue Pavée, in the Marais (known as the Pletzl〔See, Nancy L. Green, 1986.〕), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. He succeeded Chief Rabbi Joël Leib HaLevi Herzog,〔He was the son of Rabbi Nafthali Hirsch HaLevi Herzog.〕 father of Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, the future Chief Rabbi of Israel, as rabbi of Agudas Hakehilos (אֲגֻדָּת־הַקְּהִלּוֹת, Union of Communities).〔This Union of Communities comprised nine orthodox Jewish societies.〕 He contributed to the renewal of French Jewry after World War II and was active in the ''return'' of Jewish children entrusted to non-Jewish families during the war. He was in touch with humanitarian organizations such as the Vaad Hatzalah and other American organisations.〔See, Friedenson & Kranzler, 1984, p.206.〕 He was renowned as a great orator with an imposing figure.〔Photos of Rabbi Rubinstein are found in Friedenson & Kranzler, 1984, p. 122 and 206, and also in Sternbuch & Kranzler, 2005, p. 147.〕 He published in 3 volumes in Hebrew, Sheerit Menahem (Paris, 1954) et Shemen LaNer in 2 volumes in Hebrew (Paris, 1959).〔Shapiro, 2007, p. 244, mentions the introduction and approval by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg (1884–1966) of the works by Rabbi Rubinstein.〕 The choice of the name of Sheerit Menahem for his major work is a reference to the name of his father, Rabbi Yirmeyahu Menachem Rubinstein. Rabbi Rubinstein considered himself as a Kotzker Hassid, influenced by the Hassidic Master, Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787–1859), the founder of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty). One finds the name of Rabbi Rubinstein in rabbinical publications, in his correspondence with other leading rabbis, such as Menashe Klein,〔He is quoted in Chabad messianism (section Menashe Klein).〕 the Ungvar Rebbe, of New York, who lived in Paris, after World War II. In the world of Jewish orthodoxy, particularly hassidic, Paris and France, before and after the war, were synonymous with him. In his book, ''The Jews'', Roger Peyrefitte describes him as follows:〔Roger Peyreffite, 1965, p. 31-32.〕 ''That night, he ()〔Asher is the young main protagonist of the work. In real life, he was modeled after a son of a Kohen, an Alexander Hassid who attended the Synagogue de la Rue Pavée.〕 had also dreamt of his master in Judaism, Chief Rabbi Rubinstein, whose white beard, wisdom and eloquence were the ornament of the synagogue on Rue Pavée''. He is mentioned by Ruth Blau〔Madeleine Ferraille will become Ruth Ben-David before becoming Ruth Blau〕 the second wife of Amram Blau of Neturei Karta in her memoirs.〔See, Blau, 1978, p. 42.〕 It's him who presides over her orthodox conversion to Judaism:〔She had been ''converted'' a first time at the reform Synagogue of rue Copernic (Union Libérale Israélite de France).〕〔Note that in 1978, Ruth Blau speaks about the ''Temple'' of rue Copernic.〕''My son〔Claude who became Ouriel after his conversion to Judaism, at the age of 10.〕 and myself were confirmed as proselytes by an orthodox rabbi, rabbi Rubinstein of the Synagogue de la rue Pavée. We received a certificate of conversion validating our admission to the Jewish Community in 1951''. If la Rue Pavée was the Synagogue where one would find him on a daily basis, in fact, he was also considered the rabbi of different ''Shtiebles'' of the Pletzl. The grandmother of Richard Prasquier, president of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF), since May 2007, had married Rabbi Rubinstein in 1958.〔See, (A coeur et à Crif ).〕〔See, (Richard Prasquier: le dialogue à coeur ).〕 Doctor Prasquier notes that his grandmother had married: ''the famous rabbi of la rue Pavée''. At his funeral, in the Synagogue de la rue Pavée, where the first row of benches had been removed for the occasion, the eulogies were given for Rabbi Rubinstein, in Yiddish, the language he preferred, and in French by Rabbi David Feuerwerker, in the presence of a huge crowd. Among the rabbis of the Consistoire present that day was the Chief Rabbi Ernest Gugenheim (1916–1977).〔See, (Le Grand Rabbin Ernest Gugenheim 1916-1977 par Claude-Annie Gugenheim ).〕 His successor was Chief Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rottenberg, from Antwerpen, whose son, Rabbi Mordechai Rottenberg is the current rabbi of the Synagogue de la Rue Pavée. The grandchildren of Chief Rabbi Rubinstein live in Israel: Rafi (Raphaël) Shimoni lives with his family in Tel-Aviv, where he is an engineer, head of department, in the Israeli aeronautics industry (IAI, Israel Aerospace Industries); Dr. Marc Klutstein is a cardiologist at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem; and Evy Kuppershmidt heads a consulting firm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Jacob Rubinstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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