Nataniella Pleshtiyeva 11A Jewish History Mrs. Meth March 13, 2015 Rav Yitzchak Dov Bamberger Rav Seligman Baer Bamberger, also known as Rav Yitzchak Dov was born in Wiesenbronn,Bavaria on November 6, 1807. He was the son of the great talmid chacham, Rav Simcha Bamberger. He grew up in the traditions of the Frankish Orthodox Judaism country and attended Yeshiva from his youth. He was a Talmudist of the old school and leader of the Orthodox Party in Germany. When he was was fifteen years old, his parents sent him to the Yeshiva at Furth, where he studied Torah under Wolf Hamburger and Yehuda Lob Halberstadt. He was a very eager student, and at age twenty, he received his Semichah to become a Rav. However, Rav Bamberger didn’t want to make business out of Torah, so he didn’t take the position of becoming the town’s Rav (Chyet 121, 125). Rav Bamberger then decided to open up a business store for a living, but his studies were always his main focus. Once, a customer came into his store, while Rav Bamberger was deeply absorbed in his studies. When the customer came up to the Rav, the Rav said: “Is there no other store in town that you came to bother me?!” Everyday Rav Bamberger would daven that he should have no customers that day so that he could peacefully learn Torah and not be disturbed.(Jewishencyclopedia.com) Soon, in 1829, at the age of twenty- two, he married the daughter of Rabbi Seckel Wormser of Fulda. Even after marriage, he still continued his great reputation and continued learning whenever he could, leaving his store up to his wife. Many students came from all over Germany to ask him their questions. As Rav Bamberger learned and taught his many pupils, he started to realize that a learning Jew should also have some knowledge of secular science, but not completely engage