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Lot #    19020
Auction End Date    10/9/2007 11:22:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Sefer Maharam Minz
Title (Hebrew)    מהר'ם מינץ
Author    [Only Ed.] R. Moses Muenz
City    Prague
Publisher    M.I. Landau
Publication Date    1827
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 59, [1] ff., 355:212 mm., wide margins, usual light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, spine taped.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Moses b. Isaac ha-Levi Muenz (Minz), (c. 1750–1831), Hungarian rabbi. R. Muenz was born in Podolia or in Galicia. After serving as rabbi in Vishravitz and in Brody, he was appointed in 1789 rabbi of Alt-Ofen (Obuda) where he remained for the rest of his life. As a result of his activity there and his great reputation, the community became renowned. He represented the community at all royal ceremonies, including the coronation of Francis I. The addresses he delivered on those occasions were published in Hebrew and German. In 1793 he was appointed by the government chief rabbi of the whole Pest region. By virtue of this appointment he was granted the right to serve as Jewish judge in all the judicial affairs of the communities in the area, and not only in religious matters. This right was limited in 1796, but it did not affect the prestige in which he was held. On his initiative, and as a result of his endeavor, a beautiful synagogue was built by the community in 1822. It is still standing and has been proclaimed by the Hungarian government as a protected historical site. The sermon he preached at its consecration, Devir ha-Bayit, was published that same year in Vienna. To the second edition (1931) a biography of the author was added by D. S. Loewinger. During the period of R. Muenz's rabbinate, tendencies toward religious reform began to be manifested in Hungary. At the beginning R. Muenz was relatively tolerant toward these reforms and even maintained friendly ties with the leader of the reformers, Aaron Chorin, but later he took a strong stand against their aspirations in general and against Chorin in particular. In 1803 Chorin's book Emek ha-Shaveh appeared with the commendation of R. Muenz, but by 1805 R. Muenz was presiding over the bet din that summoned Chorin before it and rebuked him sharply, compelling him to rescind his progressive attitudes. Although the civil government revoked the ruling of rabbis headed by R. Muenz it was supported by the Orthodox community. His responsa were published by his son R. Joseph Isaac, under the title Sefer Maharam Minz (Prague, 1827). He also published, with his annotations, Peri Ya'akov (Ofen, 1830) of R. Jacob ben Moses. Orthodox Jews of Budapest used to visit his grave in the cemetery of Alt-Ofen during the days of Elul and of selihot. In 1949 this cemetery was cleared by order of the government and R. Muenz's remains and the tombstones were transferred to another cemetery in Budapest and reinterred near the graves of those killed by the Nazis, where the custom of visiting his grave continues.
          
Paragraph 2    והוא חלק הראשון מחלקי השאלות ותשובות של... אאמ"ו... ר' משה מינץ נ"י אב"ד דק"ק אובן ישן... עוררני לבי ללקוט ולאסוף אפס קצהו... וסדרתי איזה הדברים רק לדוגמא בעלמא (גם כתבתי איזה הערות והגהות בתוס' נופך משלו ומשלי)... אני בנו ותלמידו יוסף יצחק מינץ אב"ד... טאב
          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0148094; EJ; D. S. Loewinger, in: Devir ha-Bayit (1931), 1–6.
        
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19th Century:    Checked
  
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Other:    Bohemia
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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