Shimon Sidon
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Rabbi Shimon Sidon was a Hungarian rabbi
; born at Nadash on January 24, 1815 (13 Shevat
5575 on the Hebrew calendar
) to Yehuda Sidon from Kunitz and Eidel. He died at Trnava
on December 20, 1891 (19 Kislev
5652 on the Hebrew calendar
). At age thirteen in 1829 he entered the Yeshiva
of the Chassam Sofer
and studied there for nine years until 1838. He became close to his teacher who he writes was like a father to him, he served him and ate at his table (something very few students of the Chasam Sofer merited). In that year in 1838 he returned home and married his wife Rachel who was also from his hometown Nadash. There in Nadash he taught young students for seven years until he was appointed rabbi of Cifer
in 1845. He was rabbi of Cifer for ten years where he taught bright students until in 1856 he was appointed as rabbi of the newly founded Jewish community of Trnava which had been closed to Jews since they were expelled from it in c. 1555. He died in Trnava in 1891 leaving his wife and three sons; Asher who was at that time rabbi of Vershetz, Shmuel, and Itzik. Two of his children died young; his eldest son Dovid at age 24, and daughter Sarel at age 27.
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
; born at Nadash on January 24, 1815 (13 Shevat
Shevat
Shevat is the fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 30 days...
5575 on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...
) to Yehuda Sidon from Kunitz and Eidel. He died at Trnava
Trnava
Trnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a kraj and of an okres . It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric . The city has a historic center...
on December 20, 1891 (19 Kislev
Kislev
Kislev Kislev Tiberian ; also Chislev is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar....
5652 on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...
). At age thirteen in 1829 he entered the Yeshiva
Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
of the Chassam Sofer
Moses Sofer
Moses Schreiber, known to his own community and Jewish posterity as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, , , was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century...
and studied there for nine years until 1838. He became close to his teacher who he writes was like a father to him, he served him and ate at his table (something very few students of the Chasam Sofer merited). In that year in 1838 he returned home and married his wife Rachel who was also from his hometown Nadash. There in Nadash he taught young students for seven years until he was appointed rabbi of Cifer
Cífer
Cífer is a municipality in the Trnava District, Slovakia. It has a population of 4,013....
in 1845. He was rabbi of Cifer for ten years where he taught bright students until in 1856 he was appointed as rabbi of the newly founded Jewish community of Trnava which had been closed to Jews since they were expelled from it in c. 1555. He died in Trnava in 1891 leaving his wife and three sons; Asher who was at that time rabbi of Vershetz, Shmuel, and Itzik. Two of his children died young; his eldest son Dovid at age 24, and daughter Sarel at age 27.
Works by Sidon
- Ois Bris, 1850
- Beis Menucha, Pressburg 1869
- Shevet Shimon, Pressburg 1884, Vienna 1888, Pressburg 1891