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He studied theology in Berlin, then medicine for a short time and studied Talmudic in Vienna. In a memorable speech in response to an anti-Semitic stance, he uttered a phrase that will often be quoted: \u201cNimmermehr kann der Christ Christ sein, ohne Mensch zu sein, wenn auch der Mensch Mensch sein kann, ohne Christ zu sein. \u201f(A Christian can never be a Christian without being a man, while a man can be a man without being a Christian.) As a rabbi in Moravia (now the Czech Republic), he founded a Torah Talmud school.<\/p>
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On December 2, 1862, he was elected rabbi of the Jewish community in Timisoara. It represented the reformist current in Judaism, which had more and more followers in Timisoara. He served the two synagogues in the Citadel \u0336 the Ashkenazi and the Sephardic.<\/p>
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He proposed the construction of a synagogue on 185-186 Erzs\u00e9bet Street (today M\u0103r\u0103\u015fe\u015fti Street), because the \"German\" Ashkenazi synagogue from the Jewish quadrangle Judenhof, where the Community headquarters is currently located, with entrance on Gheorghe Laz\u0103r Street no. 5 and from M\u0103r\u0103\u015fe\u015fti street, it had become too small. The project was realized thanks to the commitment of the industrialist and patron Ign\u00e1tz S. Eisenst\u00e4dter of Buzia\u015f and of a very active and enthusiastic committee. Hirschfeld has repeatedly called on parishioners to support the project through donations. At the inauguration of the Synagogue on September 19, 1865, which was attended by the entire population, Rabbi Hirschfeld delivered a speech that impressed everyone. Another famous speech was given on the occasion of granting Jews equal rights in 1868.<\/p>
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In 1865 he founded the Alliance Isra\u00e9lite Universelle branch in Timi\u015foara to strengthen the social and cultural position of Jews internationally. In May 1872, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, visited the synagogue, where he was received by Rabbi Hirschfeld. In honor of the illustrious visitor, the synagogue was reopened.<\/p>
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During his rabbinate, in 1870, the communities of Fabric and Iosefin were separated from the community of Citadel, a consequence of the division of Judaism into different currents: the Orthodox current and the neologism, to which was later added the current status quo ante. The immediate consequence was a significant drop in the community's income, which was no longer able to pay the rabbi's salary. M\u00f3r Hirschfeld was forced to leave Timisoara in 1872. He settled in Vienna, where he prospered as a stockbroker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px”]

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  • Dr. Jakab Singer, Temesv\u00e1ri Rabbik a XVIII \u00e9s XIX-ik sz\u00e1zadban. Wieder Jakab K\u00f6nyvnyomd\u00e1ja 1928<\/li>\n
  • Marie-Theres Arnbom, Damals war Heimat: Die Welt des Wiener j\u00fcdischen Grossb\u00fcrgertums, 2014, Amalthea<\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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