Leopold Stein Collection 1802-1910, 1968 bulk 1811-1870

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Leopold Stein Collection 1802-1910, 1968 bulk 1811-1870

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This collection holds the papers of Leopold Stein, rabbi of the Burgkunstadt and Frankfurt Jewish communities in themid-nineteenth century. Among the documents here are biographies, official documents, poetry, and correspondence. In addition, there are also some papers, largely correspondence, ofthe educator Aron Wolfssohn.

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Wolfssohn, Aron, 1754-1835

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Stein, Leopold, 1810-1882

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Rabbi Leopold Stein was born on Novermber 5, 1810 in Burgpreppach in Lower Franconia. He decided early in life to become a Talmud teacher and rabbi like his father. At fourteen years of age he began attending the Talmud-Torah school in Fürth. There he became interested in German literature and language, and when the Bavarian government ruled in 1826 that future rabbis must also acquire secondary and university educations, Stein attended the universities of Erlangen and Würzburg. In ...

Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt.

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