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I have written this down in connection with all that befell us during that year five thousand five hundred and sixty-nine [1809] here, in our holy community of Pressburg. Now an omen of this had…
Contributor:
Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1809
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Jonas saw that he was successful in the study of these sciences and that he had mastered the Latin tongue; in addition, his younger brother, who would be taking over his role in the family had grown…
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Judah Jeitteles
Places:
Prague, Austrian Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1821
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I was born on 19 February 1758 in Nový Bydžov [in Bohemia] of well-to-do parents who destined me at birth to be a rabbi, a common practice among the Israelites then. For at that time, when all…
Contributor:
Peter Beer
Places:
Prague, Austrian Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1839