Moshe Dovid Winternitz
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| Rabbi Moshe Dovid Winternitz | |
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 Rabbi Moshe Dovid Winternitz of Satmar
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| Born | 1855 Satu Mare, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania) |
| Died | 1944 Auschwitz |
Rabbi Moshe Dovid Winternitz (1855 – 1944) was Head of Beth din (Rabbinical Court) in Satmar, Hungary (this position was second to the Rabbi of the city) and one of the greatest scholars of his time. People from around the globe would send him Halachic queries.
Rabbi Moshe Dovid had an aristocratic appearance and was greatly respected by all. Everyone would look up to him in awe, and gave him the proper respect for such a great Torah Scholar.
As one would walk by 42 Petopi St. next to the "Kehilla House", you would see Rabbi Moshe Dovid totally engrossed in Talmud, and writing his thoughts.
In summer of 1944 he was deported with the other Jews of Satmar to Auschwitz Death camp where he perished.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Zekor Et Satmar, Bnei Brak 1984.
