Large & varied archive of 42 letters & documents sent from various Jewish communities to the Alt-Ofen officers, as well as various personalities within their community itself.
Please see Hebrew catalog for a partial list.
Among them is a receipt from Rabbi Yehuda Zvi (Leib Hirsh) Ginz-Schlesinger (born in 1807, died after 1862), son of R. Shmuel of Eisenstadt. Studied Torah in Posen from his uncle (his father’s brother), R. Akiva Eiger and in the Pressburg Yeshiva by his uncle’s son-in-law, the Chatam Sofer. After his marriage with the daughter of the Maharam Mintz- Rabbi of Alt-Ofen [Óbuda] he lived in Alt-Ofen near his father-in-law and served as rabbi of a synagogue.
The "Alt-ofen" community (Óbuda) is one of the three sides of the cities that make up the city of Budapest. The settlement of the Jews in lt-Ofen began around the year 1712. A few years later, the main synagogue of the community was built, which at the time was considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Among the rabbis who served thee was Rabbi Moshe Mintz (author of "Afi Zotri") and Rabbi Moshe Kunitz (author "Ben Yohai")
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