Mosque Teitelbaum
Moshe Teitelbaum (Hebrew משה טייטלבוים , born 1759 in Przemyśl , Poland-Lithuania ; died on July 16, 1841 in Újhely , Austrian Empire ) was a Hasidic rabbi in Hungary .
Life
Moshe Teitelbaum was born in Galicia in 1759 . He took up his first office as a rabbi in Sieniawa .
In 1808 he became a rabbi in Újhely , where he founded a Hasidic community and gained a high reputation. Even Moses Sofer paid him recognition as Lajos Kossuth , he had his mother blessed operation.
Moshe Teitelbaum was strongly influenced by Kabbalistic thinking. In the people he was considered a miracle worker. The amulets he distributed were popular and in demand . With the money he raised, he supported those in need.
He died in 1841. Even today he is considered one of the most important teachers of early Hasidism.
literature
- Teitelbaum, Moses . In: Jewish Encyclopedia , 1901–1906 ( online )
- Teitelbaum, family of rabbis . In: Encyclopedia Judaica , 1972, Volume 15, Col. 908 ff.
Web links
- Claudia Chaya-Bathya Markovits Krempke: Rabbi Mosche Teitelbaum from Ujhely. The ›importer‹ of Hasidism to Hungary , Austrian Jewish Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teitelbaum, mosque |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | משה טייטלבוים; Teitelbaum, Moshe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hasidic rabbi in Hungary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Przemyśl |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1841 |
| Place of death | Újhely |