In 1685, Schotten HaCohen was appointed dean of the zur Klause yeshiva in Frankfurt and Rabbi of the Landgraviate 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.
In 1685, Schotten HaCohen became dean of the zur Klause yeshiva in Frankfurt and Rabbi of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. From 1703 to two years when there was no chief rabbi in Frankfurt, he served as acting head rabbi for the city.