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Mordecai Benet
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Mordecai ben Abraham Benet was a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia.
His tombstone, on the Rabbinic Hill at the Jewish cemetery in Mikulov
His tombstone, on the Rabbinic Hill at the Jewish cemetery in Mikulov
Hamburg Temple disputes
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The Hamburg Temple disputes were the two controversies which erupted around the Israelite Temple in Hamburg, the first permanent Reform synagogue, which elicited fierce protests from Orthodox rabbis.
Mordecai Benet
…letter accompanying it, Benet's views on the education of the young were sensible and in accordance with the spirit of the time. Nevertheless, Benet, conscientiously opposing the new tendency, declared every reform in religious observance to be wrong and harmful. Thus, in a letter to the government concerning the introduction of German into…
The Jacobson Temple (right), Seesen
The Jacobson Temple (right), Seesen
The Palais Itzig, where Jacobson held his first service in Berlin.
The Palais Itzig, where Jacobson held his first service in Berlin.
A segment of the 1818 Hamburg prayerbook. Stating "accept the uttering of our lips instead of our obligatory sacrifices" and omitting the traditional
A segment of the 1818 Hamburg prayerbook. Stating "accept the uttering of our lips instead of our obligatory sacrifices" and omitting the traditional "O gather our dispersions... Conduct us unto Zion" passage.
The Hamburg Temple in its original edifice, at the Brunnenstraße
The Hamburg Temple in its original edifice, at the Brunnenstraße