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A selection of comments made by R.Chaim Elazar Spira, the Rebbe of Munkatch during the recitation of Hoshanot [during Sukkot] of 5691 [1930]. In the talks he condemns those who send there children to America wher they desecrate the Sabbath; Zionist; gentiles who slaughter Jews; etc. They were publicized by Yeshiva Tiveret Tzvi of Jerusalem.
The Rebbe of Munkatch, Grand Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira, who led the community from 1913 until his death in 1937, was the most outspoken voice of religious anti-Zionism. He had succeeded his father, Grand Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Spira, who had earlier inherited the mantle of leadership from his father Grand Rabbi Shlomo Spira. Rabbi Chaim Elazar led his community with unsurpassed dignity and drew worldwide respect and honor for Munkács. His keen understanding and vast knowledge in Jewish as well as worldly matters drew thousands of people to his home where they sought his advice and blessings. Under his leadership, the Munkács Jewish community grew by leaps and bounds and at the time of his death in 1937 over half of the town's inhabitants were Jewish. After his passing in May of 1937, leaving an only daughter Frima, he was succeeded as rebbe by his son-in-law Grand Rabbi Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich, who led the Munkacs dynasty with much success, until the outbreak of WW2. |
