Abraham Placzek

Landesrabbiner
Abraham Placzek
Personal life
BornJanuary 1799 (1799-01)
Prerau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died10 December 1884(1884-12-10) (aged 85)
Boskowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
BuriedBoskovice, Czech Republic
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox
Jewish leader
PredecessorSamson Raphael Hirsch
SuccessorBaruch Placzek
PositionLandesrabbiner of Moravia
BeganOctober 1851
Ended10 December 1884

Abraham Placzek (January 1799 – 10 December 1884) was a Moravian rabbi, who served as Landesrabbiner of Moravia from 1851 until his death.

Placzek was born into a Jewish family in Prerau, Austria-Hungary (now Přerov, Czech Republic). In 1827 he became rabbi in his native city, and from 1832 to 1840 he officiated at Weisskirchen. He was then called to Boskowitz, where he served as rabbi until his death.

In October 1851, he succeeded Samson Raphael Hirsch as acting Landesrabbiner of Moravia. In this office he defended the rights of the Jews, and supported Solomon Spitzer [Wikidata] efforts against liturgical reform. Placzek was a prominent Talmudic scholar, as well as a successful teacher, and carried on correspondence with eminent rabbis, in whose collections of responsa his name is frequently mentioned.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Funk, S. (1905). "Placzek, Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 69.

  1. ↑ Miller, Michael L. (2011). Rabbis and Revolution: The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 105–6, 319. doi:10.1515/9780804776523. ISBN 978-0-8047-7652-3. S2CID 240784384.
  2. ↑ Miller, Michael L. (2008). "Boskovice". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  3. ↑ Lamed, Meir (2007). "Placzek, Abraham". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  4. ↑  Singer, Isidore; Funk, S. (1905). "Placzek, Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 69.