Rav Moshe Shmuel Glasner of Klausenburg, דור רביעי
The Law Offices of Snider and Associates, LLC, is the sponsor of the republication of six קונטרסים of the דור רביעי that were originally published between about 1900 and 1915. The publication marks the בר מצוה of Avrohom Snider, the oldest son of Mordechai and Ruth Snider, and the third yahrzeit of רב יודא צבי גלזנר ע"ה, the grandfather of the Sniders. The קונטרסים are:
חקור דבר published in 5661 (1900/01) which addresses the permissibility of conversion in cases of intermarriage.
אור בהיר published in 5668 (1907/08) on the laws of מקוואות.
ישנה לשחיטה on the laws of shehitah published in 5671 (1911)
הלכה למשה published in 5672 (1911/12) on the laws of שחיטה and בדיקת הסכין.
מצה שמורה on the requirement of shemirah for מצה and on the כשרות of machine מצה during פסח published in 5675 (1914/15).
חמץ נוקשה on the סוגיה of חמץ נוקשה in פסחים published together with מצה שמורה.
The Law Offices of Snider and Associates, LLC, have made אור בהיר available at no cost. This firm also supports the Yeshivas Klausenberg - Dor Revi'i, and learning of Torah in many other ways. An electronic copy is available here. To receive a bound copy of the ספר please send e-mail to glasnerATmath.psu.edu.
Selected writings of Rav Akiva Glasner of Klausenburg, the דור דורים, the successor of the דור רביעי
An article about the דור רביעי ( pdf ) by David Glasner, which appeared in Tradition, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 40-56.
A new edition of the דור רביעי on Hulin has just been published by Rabbi Shlomo Klein. For further information contact Rabbi Klein at 718-853-0034 or the publisher, Im Hasefer, at 718-377-0047.
Zionism in the Light of Faith by the דור רביעי. Draft English translation by David Glasner from the Hebrew translation by Naftali Ben Menahem for the sake of our brethern in Israel who are in jeopardy and for the sake of the State of Israel, the first dawn of our redemption.
The article "on Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner's method in Torah and Nationalism" by Netanel Katzburg from the Memorial Book for the Jews of Cluj - Klausenburg, New York, 1970.
A translation of the introduction to דור רביעי, a commentary on the tractate Chulin ( pdf ) by Yaakov Elman. The article appeared in Tradition, vol. 25, no. 3, Spring 1991, pp. 63-69.
Divrei Torah on the parashah and the chagim fromשביבי אש Shevivei Eish, a collection compiled bystudents to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his becoming Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg.
An article on the דור רביעי by his youngest son Isaac Glasner which appeared in "Men of the Spirit", edited by Leo Jung, Kymson Publishing Company, New York, 1964, pp. 459-466.
A letter by Avraham Yitzhaq ha-Kohein Kook rebuking the attacks of Rav Moshe Shmuel Glasner´s Zionism by a splinter group of Sigheter Chasidim in Klausenburg.
An account of the chanukas habayis of the home built by Mr. Harry Fischel for Rav Kook, the Chief Rabbi of Palestine on May 27, 1923. This is from "Forty Years of Struggle for a Principle: The Biography of Harry Fischel" edited by Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, New York, Bloch 1928. (click here for pdf format)
Rav Yuda Tzvi Glasner, a grandson of the דוררביעי , was niftar on 8 AdarI 5765. The Moreshet Glasner website is dedicated to his memory.
A sketch of the דור רביעי by the graphic artist Hermann Struck.
A photograph of the דור רביעי.
A photograph taken at wedding of the second youngest of the דור רביעי's children, Shaendl, to Avraham (Freddie) Finkelstein. A thumbnail of this photograph appears at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance .
A second photograph of the דור רביעי.
The title page of the original דור רביעי published in the year 5651 in Klausenburg.
A Letter written by Rav Aharon Dovid Deutsch (1812-1878), the גורן דוד (Goren Dovid), a noted Hungarian rabbinical scholar who served in Balassagyarmat Rabbinical position for many years. He wrote the letter seeking assistance from the דור רביעי, in government intervention to abolish an unfavorable edict. The responsa גורן דוד were posthumously published by his sons (Paks 1885). Mordechai Snider, a collector of sifrei kodesh, a great grandson of both the גורן דוד and the דור רביעי , bought this letter at an auction.
Pictures of prominent Hungarian Rabbis.
For remarks and suggestions please send e-mail to dglasner@ftc.gov.
