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Lot #    15948
Auction End Date    10/24/2006 11:12:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Eliezer Pollak
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר אליעזר פאללאק, רב בק'ק פעסט
Author    [Ms.]
City    Budapest (Pest)
Publication Date    1899
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [2] pp., 175:112 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed, sealed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Addressed to R. Arye Leib Horowitz, rabbi of Strei, regarding disputes with the Budapest community. Rabbi Eliezer Pollak was rabbi of the Rombach Street Synagogue in the latter part of the 19th century. The beautiful octagonal temple, completed in 1873, was intended to be more traditional than the Neologue community but was never fully accepted by the orthodox. It was part of the Status Quo community that did not want a split in the Jewish community of Budapest. This community was more akin to our modern orthodox. The Rombach synagogue has been closed since 1944; what it will be used for in the future is unclear but it is hoped that it will be restored to its former glory.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
Halacha:    Checked
Polemics:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica