Shmuel Schotten HaCohen (1644 – 1 July 1719), known as theMharsheishoch, becameRabbi of the Grand Duchy ofHesse-Darmstadt in west Germany in 1685.
Shmuel (Samuel) Schotten HaCohen was born inSchotten in 1644 and moved toFrankfurt am Main in 1682. That year, he was granted the right to live inFrankfurt under the Frankfurt residence code. His brother, a clothing anddrapery merchant, had moved to Frankfurt one year before.[1]
In 1685, Schotten HaCohen was appointeddean of the zurKlauseyeshiva in Frankfurt[2] and Rabbi of theLandgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. For two years starting 1703, when there was no chief rabbi of Frankfurt, he served as acting head rabbi of the city. During the laying of the foundation stone for the new synagogue following thefire that had ravagedFrankfurt's Jewish ghetto in 1711, Schotten HaCohen recited prayers he had composed in Hebrew. In 1715, he instructed community members to wear simple dress and limit their spending on festivals.t[3]
In 1711, Schotten HaCohen wrote a commentary on several passages of theTalmud entitled"Kos ha-Yeshu'os" ("TheChalice of Salvation"). It is also known asMharsheishoch, an abbreviation MHSSC: "MoreinuHaravShmuelSchottenCohen." He was regarded as the leading Frankfurt Talmud scholar of his day, writing in a clear and lucid style.[4]
He died on July 1, 1719 (14Tamuz 5479 on theHebrew calendar) in Frankfurt.
Rabbi Shmuel was the maternal grandfather of theChasam Sofer's father Shmuel. He was also the great great grandfather of RabbiChanokh Heynekh of Aleksander's mother, Sara Chana Szatan. Several of his descendants subsequently moved toAmsterdam.
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