Education
Born in the Bavarian town Tauberrettersheim, he was educated in German yeshivot and acquired a legal degree after attending several universities.
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Isidor Grunfeld
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Career
He is best known for several popular works on Jewish law, and for his translations of the works of Samson Raphael Hirsch. He worked as a lawyer in Würzburg until 1933, when the Nazis" rise in power prompted him to move to London. In 1954 a heart attack led to his early retirement from the London Beth Din.
After retirement he published a number of books on Jewish law: on the Sabbath, kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), the laws of shmita and yovel (the Sabbatical year and Jubilee) and inheritance law.
Membership
After initially working in the legal field, he underwent rabbinical training and became a member of the London Beth Din.
