Moritz Duschak

Moritz Duschak
Born	(1815-11-14)14 November 1815 Triesch, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died	21 July 1890(1890-07-21) (aged 74) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Language	German
Alma mater	University of Prague

Moritz Mordechai Duschak (Hebrew: מרדכי דושאק; 14 November 1815 – 21 July 1890) was an Austrian rabbi and author.

Biography

Moritz Duschak was born in Triesch, Moravia, on 14 November 1815. At the age of thirteen he went to Trebitsch, where he studied under Joachim Pollak.^[1] He was later a pupil in Talmud of Moses Sofer of Presburg, and studied at the University of Prague.

Duschak was for a long time rabbi in the Moravian towns of Aussee and Gaya.^[2] In 1877 he became preacher in Cracow and teacher of religion at the gymnasium of that city. After several years' service he left Cracow and settled in Vienna, where he spent his last days in neglect.^[3]

Publications

• Die Theilnahme an dem Schicksale unserer Brüder. Prague: W. Pascheles. 1847.
• Umriss des biblisch-talmudischen Synagogen-Rechtes mit Rücksicht auf die jetzige Stellung der österreichischen Juden. Olmütz: E. Hölzel. 1853. hdl:2027/njp.32101065415331.
• Mor Deror. Vienna. 1864. On Josephus and tradition.
• Das Mosaisch-Talmudische Eherecht mit Besonderer Rücksicht auf die Bürgerlichen Gesetze. Vienna: W. Braumüller. 1864.
• Gideon Brecher, eine Biographische Skizze. Prossnitz. 1865.
• Geschichte und Darstellung des Jüdischen Cultus. Mannheim: J. Schneider. 1866.
• Das Mosaisch-Talmudische Strafrecht. Vienna: W. Braumüller. 1869. hdl:2027/hvd.ah573f.
• Zur Botanik des Talmuds. Pest: I. Neuer. 1870.
• Schulgesetzgebung und Methodik der Alten Israeliten. Vienna: W. Branmüller. 1872.
• Die Biblisch-Talmudische Glaubenslehre. Vienna: W. Branmüller. 1873. hdl:2027/hvd.ah6dnx.
• Die Moral der Evangelien und des Talmuds. Brünn: B. Epstein. 1877. hdl:2027/hvd.ah42se.
• Yerushalayim ha-Benuya (in Hebrew). Cracow. 1880. Commentary on the Mishnah, treatise Mo'ed.^[4]
• Tor Esier. 1883. Against the blood libel.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Wiernik, Peter (1903). "Duschak, Moritz". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 19.

1. Nosek, Bedřich. "Duschak, Moritz" [General Database of the Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands]. Generální heslář Biografického slovníku českých zemí (in Czech). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
2. Horowitz, Yehoshua (2007). "Duschak, Mordecai". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
3.  Singer, Isidore; Wiernik, Peter (1903). "Duschak, Moritz". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 19.
4. Zeitlin, William (1890). "Duschak, Moritz". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 71.