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Lot #    18871
Auction End Date    10/9/2007 10:10:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Noah Barukh Fischer
Title (Hebrew)    מכתב מה'ר נח ברוך פישער אב'ד עפעריעס
Author    [Ms.]
City    Eperies (Presov), Hungary
Publication Date    c. 1910
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 339:208 mm., usual age staining, creased on folds, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed, not dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    The rabbi informs the Budapest Council that he will not attend the funeral of R. Arye Lieb Lipschitz for undisclosed reasons. R. Noah Barukh b. David Fischer (1860-1919) was a student of the Shevet Sofer in Pressburg and served in several communities before settling in Eperies in 1901. He served until his passing. Presov, town in E. Slovakia is distinguished in the 15th century when Matthias Corvinus granted Presov the privilege of excluding the Jews. Later, immigrants escaping the harsh Familiants Laws and the Orkuta blood libel (1764) settled in the vicinity of the city and attended its annual fairs. The communities of the district eventually united under the vigorous leadership of Marcus Hollaender (1760–1849), originally of Tarnopol, who in 1790 received citizen rights in Presov. Becoming a prosperous merchant and collector of the toleration tax, he founded a synagogue outside the city gates. Jews began settling within the town in the early 19th century and services were held in Hollaender's home. In 1843 a community was founded under the leadership of Leo Hollaender, Marcus' son, and subsequently a synagogue and school were built. In 1848 some Presov Jews served as officers of the revolutionary Hungarian army. Prominent among them was the rabbi Solomon Schiller-Szinessy, who was forced to emigrate and went to England. During the revolution the Christian craftsmen vehemently demanded the expulsion of the Jews, particularly those who had recently arrived from Poland. In 1871 the Orthodox founded their own community, which soon grew to include more than half of Presov's Jews. Most of their institutions were founded in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1930 an impressive Orthodox synagogue was built. The two communities led parallel, separate, and unconnected lives; there was also a hasidic community. A yeshiva, founded by R. M.C. Law, had 100 students in 1927. A Jewish museum was founded in 1928; during the war it was confiscated by the Fascists and subsequently moved to Prague.
          
Reference
Description		    Oheli Shem p. 430; EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica