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The history of the Jewish community can be observed by a trail through the old Jewish quarter. The synagogue, originally built in the 16th century and rebuilt as Baroque after a 1719 fire, is the only preserved synagogue in Moravia of the so-called Polish type. [22] It houses an exposition on Rabbi Loew and Jewish education in Moravia. The ...
Mikulov Castle (German: Nikolsburg) is a castle in the town of Mikulov in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The castle is on a site of historic Slavonic settlement, where the original stone castle was erected at the end of the 13th century. The end of World War II saw the castle destroyed by a fire whose origins are unclear. [1]
Nikolsburg (Yiddish: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg, a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of Moravia , in the city of Nikolsburg , today Mikulov, Czech Republic, from which the dynasty gets its name.
The Peace of Nikolsburg or Peace of Mikulov, signed on 31 December 1621 in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov in the Czech Republic), was the treaty which ended the war between Prince Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania and Emperor Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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The community finally went into turmoil after Reb Shmelke criticized and disallowed the Haskalah which had become relatively popular in Nikolsburg. Prominent community members suggested that Reb Shmelke return to Poland, as he was unfit for a modern and secularized community such as Nikolsburg.
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Having said that, though, it is important to keep logic at the forefront in cases like this. And though the terrible accident in Washington D.C. is rattling, it's only going to make flying that ...