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Prospective for the Ungarlandische Judische Zeitung. The text begins the illustrated work is ready for publication. Attractively prepared the first page, which is introductory, has an illustration of a cherub holing a laurel by the first historiated letter. The second page of Alt-Neu-Pressburg has a portrait of R. R. Daniel Prossnitz and a full page article about him. The article on the facing page is entitled Rabbi Sofers Lehr und Wanderjahre with a drawing from the ghettogassen. The final page has an almost full page photograph of Koloman Pappenheim, president of the Pozsonyer Israelitischen Kulltusgemeinde. Below are the prices for Zeitung.
The first article is on R. Daniel Prossnitz (Steinschneider; 1759–1846). He was a Hungarian rabbi. bBorn in Tobitschau near Prossnitz (Prostejov), Daniel studied first in Moravia and later in Pressburg under the rabbi of the town Meir b. Saul Barby and was later appointed by Meshullam Igra to his bet din there. Eventually he succeeded Rabbi M. Toska, the head of the bet din. In addition he was appointed rabbi to a society for the study of the Talmud (Hevrah Shas) established in Pressburg. He served the Pressburg community in these capacities for 50 years. Prosstitz recommended Moses Sofer for the vacant position of rabbi of Pressburg and it was largely due to his conduct of the negotiations that Sofer was appointed. Prosstitz also occupied himself with Kabbalah and used to fast frequently, especially after a dream. He published the Sefer ha-Yashar of Jacob Tam, and left responsa and novellae to the Talmud in manuscript. Responsa addressed to him are found in the Resp. Hatam Sofer, in Ezekiel Landau's Noda bi-Yhudah, and in the responsa of his other great contemporaries.
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