{"id":15095,"date":"2020-05-12T22:19:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/judaism-in-transcarpathia\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:19:48","slug":"judaism-in-transcarpathia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/en\/judaism-in-transcarpathia\/","title":{"rendered":"Judaism in Transcarpathia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first mention of Judaic community<\/a> in Uzhgorod<\/a>it belongs to the XVI century. Immigrants of Jewish origin from the Slavic regions (Bohemias<\/a>, Poland, Galicia) spoke Yiddish, and were followers of Orthodox Ashkenazic Judaism, which required strict observance of the Torah and Talmud.<\/p>\n\n

For a worldview Jews’<\/a> Transcarpathia was soon close Hasidism<\/a> \u2013 \u043epositional religious-mystical current that originated among the Jewish population of the Carpathian region and Podillya in the 30s of the XVIII century. The Hasidim were devoted adherents of the so-called miracle-working Rebbe, and so Transcarpathia soon became a haven for strong Hasidic dynasties<\/p>\n\n

Large Hasidic communities existed in Mukachevo<\/a>, Khust<\/a>, Uzhgorod<\/a>and other cities and villages. In places of compact residence of the Jews were in synagogue, esimate (schools), religious Department (mazeikiene, etahoben), governments.<\/p>\n\n

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