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411:, now pronounced sentence that "Chorin must retract the contents of his book. Should he refuse to do so, his beard will be cut off as a penalty for his heretical transgressions." Thereupon Chorin, whom the populace had stoned in the courtyard of the synagogue, declared that he subordinated his views to those of the theologians of his time, and desired that his book be suppressed. The court also decreed a reduction of Chorin's salary, but the board of his congregation indignantly rejected this decree. Chorin appealed to the imperial government which, on June 24, 1806, annulled the judgment and condemned the leader of his adversaries at Arad to pay the expenses of the 734: 722: 36: 853: 131: 921: 391:
and must be burned. The congregation, however, stood by their rabbi; but some of its members sided with Benet, and their leader, a rich man, publicly insulted Chorin while he was preaching. The Arad board now applied to Münz to certify that the book contained no heresies. Having given his approbation
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and a eulogistic Hebrew poem of Rabbi Moses Kunitz. This work gave great offense to the Orthodox party, which thwarted the publication of a second edition, for which Chorin had prepared many corrections and additions. Benet wrote to the Arad congregation that the book contained
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to the author, Münz was in a great dilemma, since he was urged by the Orthodox party to condemn Chorin and to inflict upon him an exemplary punishment. He concluded to yield to the insinuations, and on September 1, 1805, he invited two rabbis to come to
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along modern lines. Chorin became a pivotal figure for reformers, although he himself still operated inside a traditional framework. He also interested himself in public affairs—he took an active part in the efforts for
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made upon his Jewish hearers there induced him to consider himself as the future rabbi of this district, and on the title page of a pamphlet he published he assumed this title. The rich and prominent
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to Sunday, but expressed the opinion that, considering the requirements of our time, synods might mitigate the severity of the Sabbatical laws, especially in regard to traveling and writing.
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By his determined opposition to the traditional usages in Hungary, Chorin incurred the hostility of most of his colleagues. In the spring of 1802 he journeyed to the
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to form with him a tribunal before which Chorin was summoned. The session of the court was prolonged to the next day, but then Münz failed to appear.
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in 1835, he interpreted the prophetic promises about the reuniting of Israel to signify the establishing of a supreme religious authority at
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He took an active part in the efforts for Jewish emancipation, and was very influential with the state authorities. His grandson,
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On July 26, 1844, during the last weeks of his life, he wrote from his sick-bed a declaration expressing his full accord with the
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and professions among the Jews. Some of these ideas he carried out in his own congregation, which included a great number of
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988: 669:), (Vienna, 1839), partly in Hebrew, partly in German, he again strongly advocated practical reforms in regard to 354:' thirteen articles of faith, and gives evidence of knowledge rare among Hungarian Jews of his time. Next to the 469:, however, should be said in Hebrew, he declared, as this language keeps alive the belief in the restoration of 17: 186: 595:
To his theory of a synod regulating and modifying Jewish laws and customs, Chorin always adhered. In his
622:, in the form of a dialogue, and other contributions of his pen were published in the fourth volume of 703:, and on August 11 he sent an address to the conference of Hungarian rabbis at Páks. He died at Arad. 455:, he declared himself in favor of reforms, such as German prayers, the use of the organ, and other 95: 924: One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the 947: 444: 938: 279:. His opinion, although following that of Landau and other authorities, was strongly opposed by 311: 833:. Arad: "Vasile Goldiș" University Press & Hereditas Association, 2016, pp. 28–32. 770: 506: 466: 116: 858:
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comprised religious truths and religious laws, the latter partly applicable only in
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Lower part of the Inscription on his grave at the Jewish Cemetery in Arad
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Upper part of the Inscription on his grave at the Jewish Cemetery in Arad
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in a philosophical way. This method he applied in like manner to the
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traveling on the Sabbath and on holidays, the abridgment of the
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in 1840, Chorin republished the apology written in 1753 by
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Letter of an African Rabbi to His Colleagues in Europe
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