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Mordechai Maximilian Miksa ben Rabi Iehuda Drechsler was a neolog rabbi and author of works on the history of Judaism.<\/span><\/p>
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Between 1903 and 1908 he was a student at the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest. In 1906, he had his doctoral dissertation in philosophy, published in Budapest under the title Az aszketizmus \u00e1ll\u00e1sa a zsid\u00f3 vall\u00e1sos irodalomban Maimuniig (The position of asceticism in Jewish religious literature up to Maimonides). In 1909 he graduated as a rabbi. For a short time he was a rabbi in Szarvas, Hungary, then in 1909 he started his activity as a neolog rabbi in Timisoara, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.<\/p>
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About the enthronement ceremony of Rabbi Dr. Maximilian Drechsler in Timi\u015foara, Sunday, August 22, 1909, we find out from the newspaper Temesvarer Zeitung. Temesvarer Zeitung. <\/i>See below.<\/span><\/p>
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He completed his training at Oxford and Jewish College in London, where he was then invited to give a series of lectures on the Talmud. He published a work on the philosophical and religious thinking of Rabbi Yehuda ha-Levi (K\u00f6zlem\u00e9nyek II.), and in 1932, a work in Hebrew on Rabbi Isak ben Haim Hakohen (1932, Seini, Maramures). His articles have been published in Magyar Zsid\u00f3 Almanach, M\u00falt \u00e9s J\u00f6v\u0151, Temesv\u00e1ri H\u00edrlap and Neue Zeit. In 1935-1936, together with Dr. Emeric (Imre) Naschitz Imre, he wrote for the neolog community Zsid\u00f3 \u00c9vk\u00f6nyv (The Jewish Yearbook), with articles on religion, science and literature.<\/p>
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The neologism, a reformist movement that emerged in 1868 in Hungary, introduced reforms that mitigated the rigor of the liturgical rite and traditional customs. A follower of these reforms, Rabbi Drechsler was known for his liberal and tolerant spirit, for his impeccable intellectual attire, for his humanity and bonhomie. The rabbi and his wife, Esther, with a university degree and a doctorate, had a highly respected position in the Jewish community and in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ max_width=”80%” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px”][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px”]

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