- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804770569
- eISBN:
- 9780804776523
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804770569.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Jewish Studies
This chapter discusses the emergence of a new model of rabbinic ideal after the death of Moravian chief rabbi Nehemias Trebitsch. Moravia's rabbis were increasingly viewed as the key to lifting the ...
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This chapter discusses the emergence of a new model of rabbinic ideal after the death of Moravian chief rabbi Nehemias Trebitsch. Moravia's rabbis were increasingly viewed as the key to lifting the Jewish population to a higher educational, cultural, and moral level. The closest any Moravian rabbi came to this new rabbinic ideal was Hirsch Fassel who promoted educational and occupation reform in Moravia. The chapter discusses the rivalry between Fassel and Samson Raphael Hirsch, focusing on the differences in their approach to education and religious reform. In the end, Hirsch outshone Fassel and at the end of 1846, he was elected as chief rabbi of Moravia.Less
This chapter discusses the emergence of a new model of rabbinic ideal after the death of Moravian chief rabbi Nehemias Trebitsch. Moravia's rabbis were increasingly viewed as the key to lifting the Jewish population to a higher educational, cultural, and moral level. The closest any Moravian rabbi came to this new rabbinic ideal was Hirsch Fassel who promoted educational and occupation reform in Moravia. The chapter discusses the rivalry between Fassel and Samson Raphael Hirsch, focusing on the differences in their approach to education and religious reform. In the end, Hirsch outshone Fassel and at the end of 1846, he was elected as chief rabbi of Moravia.
Jonathan Ray
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814729113
- eISBN:
- 9780814729120
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814729113.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter looks at Jewish religious identity. Religion operated as an organizing principle in Sephardic life. The key elements of this process included the adoption of local customs in new areas ...
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This chapter looks at Jewish religious identity. Religion operated as an organizing principle in Sephardic life. The key elements of this process included the adoption of local customs in new areas of settlement, the importance of public displays of piety and allotment of honors, and the different ways in which rabbis and average Jews dealt with the religious identity of the former Conversos who reverted to Judaism during this period. The shared set of religious values and legal tradition that had bound together Mediterranean Jewry for centuries continued to allow for mutual recognition, understanding, and support throughout the Jewish world. However, the divisions between rabbinic ideals and popular practice that had strained Jewish solidarity before 1492 remained a defining characteristic of Sephardic life.Less
This chapter looks at Jewish religious identity. Religion operated as an organizing principle in Sephardic life. The key elements of this process included the adoption of local customs in new areas of settlement, the importance of public displays of piety and allotment of honors, and the different ways in which rabbis and average Jews dealt with the religious identity of the former Conversos who reverted to Judaism during this period. The shared set of religious values and legal tradition that had bound together Mediterranean Jewry for centuries continued to allow for mutual recognition, understanding, and support throughout the Jewish world. However, the divisions between rabbinic ideals and popular practice that had strained Jewish solidarity before 1492 remained a defining characteristic of Sephardic life.
