This Is Said To Have Been The Rabbi's Home
When we visited Klodawa in July 2001, we were told that this building -- now a storefront -- had been the local Rabbi's house. Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone know the name of the local Rabbi or what became of him and his family?
Hi Dean-
It appears as if my original comment did get lost in cyberspace.
From what my cousin told me, there were 3 different rabbi's in the town-- one for each of the three different sects--Reform, Orthodox, and as he phrased it, "Super-Orthodox". He did not recall any specific street addresses for any of these rabbi's, or the schul's. In general, he does not recall any particular street names at all. (This I don't totally understand, as my family lived at No. 10 Rynek, and his family lived a few houses down.)
Above and beyond each of the individual rabbi's there was one "RAV". He was the scholar, the learned man, who, from what I understand, had less to do with ceremonial rabbinical tasks, but more the person all would seek advice on more higher philosophical questions.
His Rabbi, who I believe was Orthodox was named "Engleman", and he had a son, whose name my cousin didn't recall.
The remainder of my comment did show up in another spot. It was about my great-great grandfather, Mordechai Przedecki, who supposedly was "even more learned in the Talmud than the Rav", but did not want that title. In the word's of my grandfather, Mordchai had "smicha"-the right to be a rabbi, but believed that one is not to make money from learning the torah.
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