David Tebele Scheuer was a German rabbi

Rabbi

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Born in Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 in 1712, he was one of the outstanding students of the Shev Yaakov, Rabbi Jacob Cohen in Frankfurt. He served as Dayan of Frankfurt during the entire time that the Pnei Yehoshua, Rabbi Yehoshua Falk was Rabbi of Frankfurt (1741-1756). In 1759 he succeeded his father-in-law Rabbi Nathan Otiz as Rabbi of Bamberg

Bamberg

Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

. There during the Third Silesian War; its part of the Seven Years' War

Seven Years' War

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 (1756-1763), where Austria

Austria

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 under the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

Maria Theresa of Austria

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 tried for the second time in vain to get back Silesia

Silesia

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 from Prussia

Prussia

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; the Prussians under King Frederick the Great ravaged and plundered the region. In 1763 during the turmoil, Rabbi Tebele lost many of his writings including his writings on the tractate Niddah

Niddah

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, which he greatly bemoaned. In 1767 he was appointed as Rabbi of Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

 where he led a Yeshiva

Yeshiva

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. He died there in 1782 (Shmini Atzeres 5543 on the Hebrew calendar

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Pupils

Among his early pupils is Rabbi Levi Pante

Levi Pante

Rabbi Levi Pante, served as a Dayan in the Beth Din of the Noda Beyehuda in Prague. He was one of the early pupils of Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer. He later was appointed as Rabbi of Heifeld then as Rabbi of Würzburg. He died there in 1782 ....

 and Rabbi Eliezer Lazi

Eliezer Lazi

Rabbi Eliezer Laziserved as a Dayan in Posen, then as Rosh Beth Din of "AHU" .-Biography:...

, who studied with him in Bamberg, and among his later pupils was the Chasam Sofer

Moses Sofer

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. He also left two sons; Rabbi Mechel Scheuer

Mechel Scheuer

Rabbi Mechel Scheuer was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1739 to his father Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer. He led his father's Yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva during the years 1776 and 1777....

, Rabbi of Worms

Worms, Germany

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 and Rabbi Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer

Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer

Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1753 to his father Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer. He led his father's yeshiva in Mainz as its Rosh Yeshiva from 1778 until 1782, taking over his brother Rabbi Mechel Scheuer. In 1811 he became Rabbi of Mainz where he died in 1822...

, who later served as Rabbi of Mainz.