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Life of Moses Mendelsohn
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Rabbi Chasam Sofer
The Rabbi Chasam Sofer was born in a German city and was a genius. He built a yeshivah in Pressburg and became the main bastion of orthodoxy in central Europe for the next 100 years. his philosophy was "anything new is forbidden" -
The Chassam Sofer's First Sefer is written
The Chassam Sofer writes his first sefer at only seven years old. -
the enlightenment begins
A lot of the laws on jews were abolished and they could live like everyone else -
Biur
Mendelsohn tried to advance Judaism by translating the Chumash from Yiddish to German and publishing it. -
French Revolution
The common people overthrow the French monarchy -
Jews Emancipated in France
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Bonn Ghetto walls broken
Jews banded together and broke down the walls of the Jewish ghetto in Bonn, Germany -
Volozhin Yeshivah founded
The Volozhin Yeshiva is founded in Russia. -
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Empire of Napoleon
Napoleon emancipated the Jews and tore down the walls of the ghettos. -
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
He began a movement called the Torah im derech eretz "torah combined with the ways of the world" (Eastern Europe) -
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Malbim
Rabbi Meir Leibush, the Malbim, was the chief Rabbi of Bucharest and a conservative who opposed changes to Jewish ritual. -
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Life of Rabbi Abraham Geiger
Rabbi Abraham Geiger was the founder of Reform Judaism. -
Jews Emancipated in Prussia
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Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews founded
Eduard Gans founds the Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews which is all about making Judaism more reform and modern. -
First Reform Temple Opened in Germany
Reform Temples attempted to make Judaism more secular, and some even changed the Sabbath to Sunday. -
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Eiger from Hungary was an important defender of Orthodoxy -
Rabbi Hirsch publishes Nineteen Letters
Nineteen Letters on Judaism is a new presentation of Orthodoxy. -
Eastern Europe Haskalah movement
the Haskalah movement comes to Eastern Europe -
Choral Temple Founded
The Choral Temple is founded in Bucharest, and the Malbim disapproves.
