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Hayyim Mordecai Margolioth
Hayyim Mordecai Margolioth (mid-18th century - 1818; he, ) was a Polish Rabbi, best known as the author of the ''halachik'' work ''Sha'are Teshuvah''. He studied under his uncle Sender Margolioth; and is the brother of Ephraim Solomon Margolioth. He was at first Rabbi at Brestitzki, and later became Rabbi in Greater Dubno, where he established a printing press. He was among those who elected the three deputiesent to St. Petersburgto confer with the government upon Jewish affairs. He died at Dunajowce Dunaivtsi (, , pl, Dunajowce) is a city in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( province), Ukraine. It is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi. R ... in 1818. ''Sha'are Teshuvah'' (שערי תשובה, Gates of Repentance), is a commentary to the '' Orach Chaim'' section of '' Shulchan Aruch'' and is published in most editions of the ''Shulchan Aruch''. It contains ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jews Of Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy which ended after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators of various nationalities, during the German occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945, called the Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a renewed interest in Jewish culture, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish secondary schools and universities, and the opening of Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland in 1025 until the early years of the Polish–Lithua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
