{"id":2128,"date":"2021-04-05T19:45:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.jewishtimisoara.ro\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2021-04-15T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T09:34:00","slug":"rabin-mor-moritz-lowy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museum.jewishtimisoara.ro\/en\/rabin-mor-moritz-lowy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabin M\u00f3r (M\u00f3ritz) L\u00f6wy"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@” subhead=”14 octombrie 1849, Mosd\u00f3s, Imperiul Austriac \u2013 22 aprilie 1908, Opatija, \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntat \u00een cimitirul evreilor din Timi\u015foara” text_orientation=”center” header_scroll_down=”on” scroll_down_icon_size=”40px” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _dynamic_attributes=”title” _module_preset=”default” content_line_height=”2em”]

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Rabbi, biblical interpreter, historian<\/span><\/h3>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”||||on||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ link_font_size=”17px” link_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” link_text_color__hover=”#0A4DA3″]

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He was born in Mosd\u00f3s, near Kaposv\u00e1r. He studied Hebrew and the Talmud in an yeshiva in Oradea, in parallel with school. In Berlin he was an auditor at the \"Hochschule f\u00fcr die Wissenschaft des Judentums\" (University of Judaism) and a student at the Faculty of Languages and Literature. He graduated in Arabic language and philosophy from W\u00fcrzburg in 1879.<\/span><\/p>
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On October 19, 1879, Dr. M\u00f3r (M\u00f3ritz) L\u00f6wy was elected first rabbi of the Jewish community in the Citadel, Timisoara. Interest in his inauguration ceremony was so great in the city that Baron Pulz, deputy marshal and military commander, ordered the off-duty officers to attend the festivity.<\/span><\/p>
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He had the reputation of an erudite rabbi, penetrated by his mission, with a dignified and noble character. He also held various positions in the communities of Fabric and Josephine, although the latter were independent communities. He introduced a divine youth service with sermons in Hungarian. He was knowledgeable in Eastern philosophy, the history of religions, and Tamud. He was the correspondent of several specialized publications and published several works on history and biblical exegesis. He was the first to write and publish a history of the Jews of Timi\u015foara: Skizzen zur Geschichte der Juden in Temesv\u00e1r (Short History of the Jews of Timi\u015foara).<\/p>
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He died in Opatija, but was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Timisoara. <\/span><\/p>\n

He was the first owner of the building, built in 1897, boulevard 3 August 1919 no. 19, Fabric neighborhood.<\/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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