Out of 13 candidates, mostly from Germany, he reached the short list of four: Nathan Marcus Adler, Hirsch Hirschfeld, Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach, and Hirsch.
Z 13 kandidátov, väčšinou pôvodom z Nemecka, sa dostal do užšieho výberu štyroch: Nathan Marcus Adler, Hirsch Hirschfeld, Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach a Hirsch.