Background
He was born in 1889, the youngest of 12 children of Rabbi Doctor Solomon Carlebach.
He was born in 1889, the youngest of 12 children of Rabbi Doctor Solomon Carlebach.
They are Emanuel Carlebach (1874–1927), Joseph Carlebach (1883–1942), David Carlebach (1885–1913) and Ephraim Carlebach (1879–1936). The Carlebach family is a notable Jewish family originally from Germany that now lives all over the world. He was the rabbi of the Passauerstrasse Synagogue of Berlin from 1917 to 1931.
From 1931 to 1938 Naphtali Carlebach was Chief Rabbi of Baden near Vienna, Austria.
In 1950 Rabbi Naphtali assumed the spiritual leadership of Congregation Kehilath Jacob, "The Carlebach Shul," located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.