Menachem Mendel Kroglich
Menachem Mendel ben Awrum Kroglich (born around 1600 in Krakow ; died on January 2, 1661 in Nikolsburg ) was a Moravian rabbi and a nationally known and famous Talmud scholar of the 17th century.
Life and works
He began his training in Kraków, the city of his birth, and learned from the scholars Joel Serkes and David ben Schmuel HaLevi . At a young age he acted as a rabbinical judge and was later able to found his own Talmud school in Krakow.
In 1636 he moved to Kremsier in Moravia and became a rabbi of the local Jewish community until he returned to Kraków in 1645 and became a rabbi in Prossnitz . In 1650 he moved to Nikolsburg as the community and chief rabbi of Moravia . During his tenure he published the Shai Takanot or the 311 ordinances, which were considered a kind of legal gazette for the Jewish communities and were accepted by Maria Theresa and translated into German.
Since he held the position of judge as a rabbi, he became the author of “ responsa” or “ Sche'elot u teschuvot” (collections of responses , questions and answers during judicial processes), which he collected in his work, Tsemah tsedek (Righteous Scion) . The work was published by his son, Arijeh Jehudah Lejb, in 1675 and is considered to be a historically important source as it provides an insight into the inner life of the communities. Tsemah tsedek had a major influence on the rabbis' legal divisions.
Krochmal's work reports on the extraordinary conditions in the congregations during the Thirty Years' War , including the disappearance of husbands or wives and the resulting complicated problems with divorces under halachic law .
In Nikolsburg he trained his son-in-law Gerschon Ulif Aschkenasi , who took his place after Krochmal's death and later became rabbi of Vienna. His son Arije Jehuda Lejb became the regional rabbi of Moravia after him.
On January 2, 1661, Menachem Mendel Krohaben died of natural causes in Nikolsburg.
bibliography
- Elieser Landshuth , Ammudei ha-'Avodah , p. 187
- Haim Dembitzer , Kelilat Yofi
- Frankl-Grün, History of the Jews in Kremsier
Individual evidence
- ↑ YIVO | Kroglich, Menaḥem Mendel ben Avraham. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Christoph Lind: History of the Jews in Austria . Ueberreuter, Vienna, ISBN 3-8000-7159-2 , p. 386 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kroglich, Menachem Mendel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kroglich, Menachem Mendel ben Awrum (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moravian regional rabbi and Talmud scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1661 |
| Place of death | Nikolsburg |