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EYBESCHUTZ, JONATHAN (1690-1764)

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EYBESCHUTZ, See also:JONATHAN (1690-1764) , See also:German See also:rabbi, was from 1750 rabbi in See also:Altona. He was a See also:man of erudition, but he owed his fame chiefly to his See also:personality. Few men of the See also:period so profoundly impressed their See also:mark on Jewish See also:life. He became specially notorious because of a curious controversy that arose concerning the amulets which Eybeschutz was suspected of issuing. These amulets recognized the Messianic claims of Sabbatai Sebi (q.v.), and a famous rabbinic See also:con-temporary of Eybeschutz, See also:Jacob See also:Emden, boldly accused him of See also:heresy. The controversy was a momentous incident in the Jewish life of the period, and though there is insufficient See also:evidence against Eybeschutz, Emden may be credited with having crushed the lingering belief in Sabbatai current even in some orthodox circles. (I.

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