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Chaim Elazar Spira de Munkács (« Minchas Elazar »)

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Region: Munkács (Mukačevo)

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Descendant of the Spira family of Munkács, he became president of the rabbinic court of Munkács in 1903, then Chief Rabbi of the city and surrounding communities. Author of over twenty works on halakha, Torah and Hasidism, including his masterwork in six volumes, the 'Minchas Elazar'. He was a fierce opponent of secular Zionism.

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