Israel from Stolin

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Israel von Stolin (born November 24, 1868 as Israel Perlow in Stolin , † October 4, 1921 in Bad Nauheim ) was a Hasidic rabbi and mystic .

life and work

The grave in the old Jewish cemetery on Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt am Main

Israel Perlow was born into a well-known Hasidic rabbi family in 1869 in Stolin in what was then the Pale of Settlement . The small town of Stolin in what is now Belarus , near the border with Ukraine , has long been considered the center of Jewish learning in this region. After his grandfather and father died within a short time at the age of four, he was determined to be the future tzaddik at that time . At the age of 13, this title was officially given to him after his bar mitzvah . Israel Perlow continued to work in the small town of Stolin just like his ancestors did. Stolin was already considered a miracle rabbi during his lifetime and was accordingly worshiped by his followers. Two of his six sons from his marriage to Rebekka Friedmann survived the Holocaust .

During a spa stay in Bad Nauheim, Hesse , which he visited because of a heart condition, Perlow died unexpectedly. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt am Main .

Today the grave of Israel at Stolins is a much visited place of worship, which devout Jews from all over the world visit to pray and to put down notes ( kwittlech ) with their wishes. In the writings of the Hasidic Jews, Israel is also referred to by Stolin as "the Frankfurter" .

literature

  • The Frankfurter from Stolin ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  • Victor von Brauchitsch, Helga von Brauchitsch: In memory - tombs in Frankfurt am Main . Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0354-4 .
  • Eugen Mayer: The Frankfurt Jews. Look into the past. Waldemar Kramer publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1966.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 924 No. 1200, p. 148 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Israel from Stolin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perlow, Israel (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hasidic rabbi and mystic
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolin
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1921
Place of death Bad Nauheim