His training period involved not just the use of foreign languages but also a sound grounding in commercial law.
[1] In Saxony the Law on the Religious Practices of the Jews had been enacted in 1837, opening the way for synagogues to be built in Dresden and Leipzig.
[3] From the Society of Friends there soon emerged an active "Israelite Religious Community" ("Israelitische Religionsgemeinschaft") in the city: Nachod played a prominent part in it for the rest of his life.
Jacob Nachod received Saxon citizens' rights in 1852, and that year he became Leipzig's first city councillor from the Jewish community.
From the outset it was determined that the building should be available not just for Leipzig's Jews, but for regular visitors from elsewhere who came to the city in connection with its famous trade fairs.